Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)07:22 No. 568371 ID: 6e85c8
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"NOON!? OH MY GOD, I'M LATE! I AM SO DEAD!"

Quick, take a shower

get clothes, take quick wash.

Toast, and run out the door

Just ninja-pomf yourself dressed, and then pomf again to wherever you're going. You're a ninja. Being late isn't a problem you have to worry about.

>>568375
Seconding toast and run

You're late by a couple of years.

Better stay home anyway, since you know... a couple of years is quite some time and all that.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)08:28 No. 568396 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568373
>Quick, take a shower

Gah! No time! I'll just have to wash when I get back.

>>568376
>Just ninja-pomf yourself dressed, and then pomf again to wherever you're going.

I can't do that teleporty thing, they haven't taught us how to do that yet!

I grab one of the MAGIC LEAVES off my night stand place it on my head. With a I transform into my human disguise, Head Master says I shouldn't let people know about the whole tanuki thing just yet. I slip down the exit and grab a piece of toast on my way through the kitchen, and then hurry out the door toward the dojo.

When I get there, Ken and Preston are out on the balcony.

"Hey Preston! Get a load of who finally decided to show up. You're to late kid, you missed the session entirely. When are you gonna wake up and start treating all this training like the serious business that is is?"

wait... ARE YOU STILL DREAMING?! pinch self!

"Hahaha I've been up for hours hahahaaa..."

Ninja jump up to the balcony and ask them to do you a solid and bring you up to speed on what you missed.

Huh. Little disappointing you have to live a double identity, but I suppose that level of subterfuge is pretty good ninja training.

>missed the lesson
I guess that just means you'll be practicing by yourself. Even if the lesson's done, it's something you need to do.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)09:28 No. 568408 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568397
>pinch self!

As surprising as it might seem that senpai would notice me, Ken is constantly teasing me. He's the only person around here who calls me "kid," even though I am only around ten by human standards. I discretely pinch myself to make sure though. OUCH!

>>568399
"Ha-hahaha! I've been up for... hours! Yeah, maybe it's you who should... should wake up and... yeah..."

nailed it.

>>568404
>Ninja jump up to the balcony and ask them to do you a solid and bring you up to speed on what you missed.

I can't actually jump that good yet. I'm still pretty new to this whole ninja training thing, so I just ask from down here.

"Hey, can you guys at least tell me what I missed? Give me a crash course in the lesson?"

"Alas! But could I help a maiden in need, I cannot. For t'would be uncouth, nay, presumptuous even, to think that students such as we could ever convey such a complicated lesson such as balancing on water in the stead of our honorable sensei! Alas and dare I say... ALACK, I curse my feeble bones for my inability..."

"Christ Preston, what the hell was that?"

"BROTHER! I will defeat you..."

"Right, looks like he's checked out for the day. Anyway, kid, you'd probably best not dawdle around here or you'll be late for the next class. Which I see you don't even have the supplies for on you!"

Uh-oh. What's your next class, and what supplies do you need?

Leave to get supplies. Then realize you don't know what they are. Then be too embarrassed to ask.

Assure Ken that you didn't forget the supplies they are in your uh... locker (do ninjas get lockers?)
Then you have to steal the supplies from someone or you can't show your face in the next class.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)10:17 No. 568426 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568410
> What's your next class, and what supplies do you need?

I think the next class is "Bakemono Identification and Defense." If I remember right, we just need our text book and training sword for it.

>Assure Ken that you didn't forget the supplies they are in your uh... locker

"I assure you Ken, I have the supplies, oh yes. Do I ever the supplies. I have so many supplies I'm like a grocery store. A grocery store that sells... ninja supplies."

"Ha! Well then, I guess I'll see you in class! But ya better hurry!

I do actually have the supplies back in my room. They're in the trunk. But I don't know if it'd be faster to just "borrow" some from someone else, if not less ethical. But I mean... I guess "borrowing" them would be a more ninja-y way to do it? Ugh, I'm low on time, what should I do!?

If you steal someone else's sword, they're likely to notice when it's not there. And assuming they're not all identical, you'll get found out pretty quick.

Time to practice your ninja running.

Why'd you oversleep, anyways? What were you up doing last night?

Find an unpopular boy/girl on their way to the same class.

Transform into the most popular boy/girl.

Ask to borrow the supplies, you would be oh so grateful.

Can you transform your non-essential clothing items into your supplies? Socks, underwear, etc? I mean isn't transformation a tanuki's specialty?

>>568433
I mean it'll work if you don't have to open the book and remember the cover, just fill it with blank paper.

You can put your shimapan back on after class.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)11:16 No. 568443 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568428
>Time to practice your ninja running.

I take off back toward the Head Master's house, maybe I can make it to my stuff and still to class in time? The ninjas in the cartoons are always running fast like this, I don't think it's making me go any faster than usual though...

>Why'd you oversleep, anyways? What were you up doing last night? I can still try and get a hold of someone else's supplies, or I could just go to class and try to ask to share with senpai...

I'm a tanuki, it makes me a bit of a night owl and a lot of times I have trouble falling asleep at night.

>>568429
>Transform into the most popular boy/girl.

Crap! I was in such a hurry to leave this "morning" that I didn't grab my extra MAGIC LEAVES! I only grabbed the one I used to turn into my human form!

>>568433
>Can you transform your non-essential clothing items

I can't transform anything until I can get a hold of more leaves. I left two sitting on my night stand when I rushed out of the attic.

Is that a kitsune?

check fox to your right for extra tails. if so ask for WISHES.

>>568445
>>568446
Asking a trickster spirit for anything is a bad idea, especially with the reputation kitsune have with Tanuki. Ignore it and maybe it'll leave you alone. Head to the headmaster's house.

Wait you live with the headmaster in his attic? What's the story behind that?

>>568447
Seconding this. Tricksters aren't going to fix things.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)12:22 No. 568458 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568445
>Is that a kitsune?
>>568446
>check fox to your right for extra tails.

When I turn to look at the fox it bounds through the bushes into the bamboo thicket, periodically looking back at me. I only count one tail, which is good. Since a yokai like a kitsune showing up would imply the demons were back, and they haven't been seen for nearly a hundred years according to the Head Master.

>>568447
>Wait you live with the headmaster in his attic? What's the story behind that?

I don't have a whole lot of memories from when I was a baby, but I rember, a few years ago, I was wandering trough the woods around here and discovered this ninja clan's training grounds. I became fascinated watching them train, watching them learn the way of the ninja. One day, the Head Master discovered me hiding in the rafters, after a training session let out. I was super scared because no one had seen through one of my transformations before, and I thought he was gonna flip and kill me or something. Instead he treated me like a person, gave me some tea, asked who I was. He offered to let me stay with him, living in his attic so no one else would be likely to see me as a tanuki. He said I could train with the other ninja, but I'd have to conceal my identity, because the others might not take as kindly as the Head Master did to a tanuki training in the dojo. He gives me a supply of MAGIC LEAVES to keep my human form up in public, which is good since I haven't found anything around here I can turn the SPIRIT ENERGY from into the leaves. He's super nice, and like a human dad to me!

Ok, I'm up here now.

>>568458
How does he get the leaves?

Well, there's your training sword. Where's the text book?

Right! Get your books and sword.

If the leaves are what you need to fit in, and you have a limited supply, don't waste them.

...if you're sort of nocturnal, and have a hard time sleeping at night, maybe what you need is a night light? Something to fake your internal clock, so you think you're sleeping at day.

>>568458
Turn off your alarm clock dummy!

Also what's that poster?

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)13:43 No. 568483 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568471
>Turn off your alarm clock dummy!

Stupid thing's always getting stuck with that adorable, yet annoying "NYAN" going off.

>Also what's that poster?

The poster is for a popular cartoon called "Devil Hunter Tsunami." It's the story of a heroic soldier who tragically lost his life in a brutal fight with demons. But his allies bravely recovered his remains and they were able to revive him, but at the cost of his humanity! His brain, transplanted into the robot body in the shape of a dragon, with a gun for a hand, he lives again! Now he bravely battles demons and the forces of evil as Devil Hunter Tsunami! WASH AWAY THE FORCES OF EVIL! FIGHT TSUNAMI!

I'm a bit of a fan, heh.

>>568461
>How does he get the leaves?

I've never actually thought to ask...

>Well, there's your training sword. Where's the text book?

I keep my books and stuff in the trunk.

>>568467
>If the leaves are what you need to fit in, and you have a limited supply, don't waste them.

I leave the other two leaves on the night stand. They'll be here if I wind up needing them. I head back down below. Gotta get to class!

"Why, hello there Kensu-chan. Running late again?"

"Yup, GottaRunTalkToYaLaterAfterClassBye"

>>568483
Yeah I already missed the water-walking lesson. Frownyface.

Regretfully, yes. Please excuse me [insert appropriate title here], but I must be on my way.

>>568483
YESSORRYSORRYATHOUSANDAPOLOGIESHONORABURUHEADMASTERSAMAGOODBYE

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)15:16 No. 568516 ID: 6e85c8
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I turn and quickly bow.
"Yes Head Master, I deeply apologize, but I must be going. I have already missed the Water Walking class today, I cannot allow myself to miss another."

"Hmm, very well young one. I will see you later then."

I quickly head out the door and run back toward the classrooms. I made it! I'm still late, but at least this time I didn't miss the ENTIRE class! I'm exhausted though...

"Late again Kensuyata-san?"

"Er... yes sensei. I am sorry, it won't happen again..."

"See to it that it doesn't"

Ken leans back as I walk past to my desk and whispers.
"Hey, you actually made it. Don't fall asleep this time, heheh."

"I will have silence in my classroom!"

"YES SENSEI!"

"We will now continue our lesson on animal yokai."

I gotta get off my feet, I am so freaking tired...

>>568516
>animal yokai
Oh great, you're gonna learn about Tanuki now.

Oh god they're talking about your people now, TRY, just try, to stay awake now, this could actually be kinda funny to see what they think of your kind. But yeah find a seat and catch your breath and remember DON'T FALL ASLEEP!

Please try not to get overly excited and start yelling if they manage to give out some misinformation about your species. You don't need to correct the instructor and then explain where you learned whatever correction you'll make.

You really gotta get this sleep cycle sorted out if you want to succeed. Maybe a night light will help. Or maybe you should find out how ninja train themselves for staying up for night missions.

remember, they will probably talk about boy tanuki not girl tanuki.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)16:47 No. 568546 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568528
>You really gotta get this sleep cycle sorted out

Cut me some slack, I just got done running all the way home and back again... twice.

>>568526
>Please try not to get overly excited and start yelling if they manage to give out some misinformation about your species.

I've never actually met another tanuki like me, just the wild ones. If he's just gonna talk about the wild ones then I don't see much of a problem with day dreaming a little...

"... and their scrotum magic..."

Gross... Pretty sure I don't have that.

"... If you'll turn to page 67 of your text book you will see a very graphic image illustrating the use of this."

Why would they print that?

Bing bing bong

"Ok class, we're breaking for lunch. We will continue after the break."

There's that fox again. Ask someone if foxes are common around here.

Hmm. How do we know the Fox isn't more than it seems? You disguised yourself, maybe it did too!

What's for lunch?

Does it bother you at all, being stuck in human form all day? Does it get weird?

ok that twice we've seen that thing, if we see it again we know it's following you. Also about this lecture, was it silly or just plain dumb in your opinion. Oh and would now be a good time to see what the head master wanted from you?

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)17:37 No. 568565 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568557
>Does it bother you at all, being stuck in human form all day? Does it get weird?

Not really. I mean, it might have been kinda weird at first? But you really get used to that sort of thing after a while.

>What's for lunch?

I... don't actually have anything... I was in such a hurry to get to class, both times, that I didn't grab anything other than that piece of toast...

>>568548
>There's that fox again.

Hey, you're right...

WHAM

"UWAH! S-Senpai!?"

"Wake up kid! You day dreamin' in class now too? Look I told you not to fall asleep, so I guess that's a compromise? Haha!"

"V-very funny Ken, what do you want? And stop calling me kid!"

"No. I figured, since you didn't even have your supplies for class, you wouldn't have a lunch either."

"Y-you're crazy, and stupid. Crazy-stupid. Of course I have a-"
~growl~

"So, I figured I'd offer to share some of mine. What'dya say?"

"I... uh... t-thank you."

"No prob kid."

>>568548
>Ask someone if foxes are common around here.

"S-say, Ken... Do you know if foxes are common around here?"

"What? Why would you be asking that? I mean, I don't think so. We get a lot of wild tanuki around here, thankfully not the testicle kind, but I haven't really seen any foxes."

>>568565
Tell him that you saw a fox twice today.

Also compliment his food.

I dunno, I think I saw the same fox twice. I thought it was weird.

So... what's for lunch now that you're sharing one?

A lot of testicleless tanukis...
Has he seen you out of human form?

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)18:21 No. 568589 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568571
>>568567
>I dunno, I think I saw the same fox twice. I thought it was weird.

"I dunno... I just... I think I saw the same fox twice today. Thought it was kinda weird, ya know?"

"Hmp, that is weird. Where'd you see it?"

>Also compliment his food.

"This... this is good, thank you."

"Huh? Oh, it's just a store bought bento, haha, but thanks anyway."

"... Oh..."

>>568584
>Has he seen you out of human form?

No, only the Head Master has seen the real me...

>>568589
You saw it by the path heading towards home to get your stuff, and again out the window just a minute ago, amongst the trees. It only had one tail so it can't be a kitsune, right?

"1st time I saw it was when I was running to class (sure you made a pit stop at your house first but you were still technically heading to class) and just now through the window."

Also how many people do you know around here and how many would you call a friend?

ask him what he thinks about tanukis :3c

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)18:48 No. 568607 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568599
>how many people do you know around here and how many would you call a friend?

I know a couple people around the grounds, Ken and Preston are probably the closest to friends I have. Some people know I'm staying with the Head Master and I think they resent me for it.

"First time I saw it was on my way to class. Second time was, or is right out the window there. See?"

"Um... no? All I see are cherry trees. You feelin' ok kid?"

>>568607
WHAT

Hahaha Tell him to stop messing with you. It's right there, can't he- oh god it is a kitsune isn't it. Say you uh, you think maybe looking closer it's just a bunch of leaves that kindof looks like a fox.

You're gonna have to tell the Headmaster and only the Headmaster about it, because obviously the only reason you can see it is because you're a tanuki. Which means I suppose you'd better... um... are there cellphones? Call home and tell him about it.

uh oh, get to the headmaster, you may be haunted by ghost foxes.

>Some people know I'm staying with the Head Master and I think they resent me for it
What, they resent you for being an orphan when they have families to go home to? That's silly.

>he can't see it
...that's weird. Are there any spirit or yokai or demons that only appear to one person at a time? Or who can hide themselves selectively?

"huh, thought was right there... uh is Preston ok?"

might want to tell the head master about this. Cause a fox following you around is one thing, but a fox only you can see... something is going down and it might be a good idea to tell someone who might actually know what's going on.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)19:37 No. 568640 ID: 6e85c8
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"Ha ha ha. Quit messing with me, it's right... Oh, uh, heh, guess it was just a pile of leaves I just thought looked kinda like... a... fox... yeah."

"You sure you're ok kid? You sure you're fully awake? I know you got that problem with sleepin. Maybe you should see about takin' the rest of the day off?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine... Uh, is Preston ok? He looks like he's trying to flip the teacher's desk or something."

"Yeah, he just gets like that sometimes."

Ok, so I guess I should probably try to tell the Head Master about this fox. It looks like it's trying to beckon me with its tail or something now, what the hell? Should I wait until after class or just leave now, during the break?

It can probably wait. I mean, what can it do while you're in here?

Probably should deal with it now during the break. Otherwise it may begin causing mischief to get you to stop ignoring it.

>>568640
We need to tell the Head Master about this thing now since its appearance could mean that the demons are returning.

>>568640
If the demons are back you must tell the headmaster immediately.

well I know it isn't a good idea to skip classes when you've missed on already but not really trusting the invisible fox truth be told. Could you tell the head master during your brake and then finish class and then deal with the fox or no?

Write a note for Ken or Preston to give to the Head Master about the invisible fox spirit that's trying to get you to follow it, and then actually follow it during your break. It sounds like ADVENTURE.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)20:32 No. 568672 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568644
>>568645
>>568647
>>568661
I scribble a quick note on a piece of paper and give it to Ken.

"Now that you mention it, I do feel a little under the weather. Can you give the teacher this note when he gets back and fill me in on what I miss?"

"Huh? Uh, yeah, sure?"

"Thanks, and thank you very much for the lunch senpai!" I yell as I run out the door.

When I get down to the path the fox begins running in front of me, darting to the tree line, then back to the path, constantly glancing back at me.

Maybe we shouldn't bother with that fox, and wait until the end of class to start chasing it. Less chance of being caught away from class when break ends.

to the headmaster, ignore fox. it probably wants to show you a magic thing that makes you get your magic tanuki balls.

>>568672

Do you know the forest? Is there are a shrine, statue, or monument that the fox might be leading you to that you can guess at?

>>568672
Headmaster first. Weird fox second.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)21:09 No. 568710 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568691
>Do you know the forest?

I do, I used to live there so I know it pretty well.

>Is there are a shrine, statue, or monument

There's the grounds' shrine, which is connected to the Head Master's house, and I remember some kind of monuments, like, grave markers or statues or something in the woods. Stones humans made to mark something or other, that's all I know about them.

>>568680
>>568694
I run into the house, the air is thick with incense, as usual. The Head Master is still sitting on his cushion in the main hall.

"Head Master! Head Master! Come quick!"

"What seems to be the problem Kensu-chan?"

>>568710
There's a fox following me who nobody else can see!

>>568710
"I think I saw a kitsune."

Naw c'mon. Go see what the fox's deal is before you tattle.

Make an excuse or something.

>>568712
...that's bad, right? That's not a ninja thing that's supposed to happen?

didn't mean for you to get him to follow you, I thought it would have been better just to tell him about the fox and see how he reacts to it. I mean all we know about it is that it's following us and no one besides us can see the little bastard.

Oh also ask how he gets his magic leaves.

Kensuyata 2014/04/01(Tue)21:49 No. 568744 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568712
>>568726
"Head Master, I'm being followed by a fox that only I can see! I think it might be a kitsune!"

"Hmm? Only you can see? A Kitsune? That's preposterous. There haven't been any yokai like that in these parts for nearly a century."

"B-but master I-"

"Is it here, with you now?"

"N-no, it didn't seem to want to come inside."

"How many tails did you say it possessed?"

"Just one."

"Hmm... If it is making its presence known only to you, there is little that can be done about it.. directly. It could be singling you out due to your magical nature as a tanuki. Should this, indeed be a yokai, more are sure to follow in its wake. I will see to it that the ninja are put on guard, and I shall contact the military on the MAINLAND. In the mean time, be careful."

"thank you for trusting me, master" give a bow and leave.

...but what do I do, master?

Also, if it is a kitsune, is that a bad thing in and of itself, or is it bad just because of what it portends?

>>568744
Request permission to see what it wants.

Also ask how he gets his magic leaves.

When is break dancing class?
Ninja's are all about break dancing and rap battles, so I was curious if we'd be missing that.

If we are, Senpai might serve us later to "teach" us what we missing so I'm actually worried now that I think about it.
I mean, what's more important? Potential destruction by yokai invasion or getting horrifically served and also potentially destroyed by Senpai?

Go show that kitsune who's boss.

Hmmmm. How about something like "I think he wants me to follow him somewhere. May I?" Assuming you want to, anyway. I'm kinda curious.

Make sure nobody is around then ask headmaster if you are a yokai.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)06:35 No. 568806 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568747
>"thank you for trusting me, master" give a bow and leave.

"Thank you for believing me Head Master."

"Of course my dear."

"May I ask a few questions before I leave?"

"Go ahead."

>>568773
> How about something like...

"The fox looks like it's trying to show me something. May I follow it?"

"You may, but be careful, and stay on guard. Do not believe any of its lies, child."

>>568750
>ask how he gets his magic leaves.

"May I ask, how do you get the MAGIC LEAVES you give me?"

"Of course... As a master of ninjitsu, I am adept at manipulating chi. I am able to convert chi into SPIRITUAL ENERGY and create with it your MAGICAL LEAVES.

>>568803
>ask headmaster if you are a yokai.

"Head Master... am I a... yokai?"

"Hmm?..."

"Master?"

"Kensu-chan... You are a special, one of a kind child. You are my daughter. Is that not enough?"

"I... I suppose. Thank you Master."

I bow and head out the door. The fox is waiting for me at the base of the steps. It gets stands up and begins trying to lead me back toward the training grounds.

>make leaves with chi
Huh. So I guess someday you'll learn to do that on your own.

>Kensu-chan... You are a special, one of a kind child. You are my daughter. Is that not enough?
That means the answer is yes, but it's not the most important thing about you.

Which means not all yokai are bad, since you're not!

> It gets stands up and begins trying to lead me back toward the training grounds.
...all right, let's see what you're up to. (Follow).

You got places to go. Chase that fox.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)09:00 No. 568830 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568809
>>568816
>follow the fox

The fox leads me off the path, into the sakura trees. Moving through the brush, I start seeing stones, lanterns or something and grave markers... The fox stops and motions with its head for me to proceed.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)09:01 No. 568831 ID: 6e85c8
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Wh-what am I looking at!?

[animated]

It's... It's DEVIL HUNTER TSUNAMI's human form armor!

But seriously, it looks to be some sophisticated suit of armor or deactivated robot. Use caution, it may be cursed--Although, cursed items usually come with a good side to their bad traits.

Rub it three times and a robot comes out.
But seriously, it's an old war machine.

a very old, very damaged, and very powerful war machine. Find a stick and poke it.

>>568830
...this update image is simply too adorable.

>>568831
Huh. A suit of armor. Is it real armor that was left here, or a statue, or a golem or machine in the shape of an armor that's just been lost or forgotten for a long time?

And why hasn't anyone else noticed it before? Is it new? It looks old.

Peek back at the fox to see if it's got anything else to offer. If not... poke the statue with a stick or your training sword. Or toss a pebble at it. See what happens.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)09:43 No. 568841 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568835
>>568838
It looks like it's made of stone and super old, like the grave markers around it.

>why hasn't anyone else noticed it before?

I don't know. The only thing I can think of is that no one's come off the beaten path down this way since these markers were set up.

>Peek back at the fox
[animated]

Whip around, point a finger at 'im, and shout "I knew it!" completely forgetting to be afraid.

Awkward pause. ...so, uh, why have you been following me, and why did you want to show me this statue grave thing?

"so is this the part were you tell me why you've been following me?"

you got your leaves with you right? if things turn bad we just need to run like hell, loose sight of him, and then just turn into something else and hide.

Shank him with the training sword you totally didn't forget.

>>568841
Ask why they're showing you this.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)11:20 No. 568859 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568842
>Whip around, point a finger at 'im, and shout

"I KNEW IT! WHY ARE YOU FOLLOW-"

*HYOOOOOOO*

>>568859
Look around carefully. If it's gone, check out that marking it left on the ground.

Let your finger drop.

...oh come on, just talk to me. Stop doing the mysterious magic yokai thing.

If it doesn't come out and talk to you: is there something left on the ground there, where the fox was standing? It sort of looks like there is.

"you're not going to stop doing that anytime soon are you?"

Go see what it dropped but be careful, kitsunes are known to be tricksters.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)12:17 No. 568866 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568860
>Look around carefully.

I don't see any sign of it. It just vanished!

>>568861
>>568863
"C'mon! Would you at least talk to me!? What were you trying to show me!?"

The patch of dirt where the fox was standing has something scrawled in the dirt. It looks like it says "BAKU"

I guess we'd better report back to the Headmaster.

Baku? Baku as in the things that eat people's dreams and nightmares or Baku as in something else?

>>568868
Is that a warning or threat, though? If a Baku is coming, how would one prepare for that?

Double check the statue before leaving. And maybe check if anything significant is written on the graves.

>>568867
He might be able to tell you if there's a history or significance to the monument you were led to.

...wait, maybe this means you've been trapped in a dream by a Baku? Maybe you need to research them to find out how to get out.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)13:47 No. 568881 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568868
>Baku as in the things that eat people's dreams and nightmares or Baku as in something else?

I dunno. It's a word scribbled in the dirt by what was probably a kitsune.

>>568871
>Double check the statue before leaving.

What the?

>And maybe check if anything significant is written on the graves.

The graves don't look like they're marked. Just a bunch of blank grave markers?

>>568877
>...wait, maybe this means you've been trapped in a dream by a Baku?

What? How would I even know if that was the case? How would I even know if I was dreaming or not?

>Maybe you need to research them to find out how to get out.

I think I left my Bakemono text book back in the class room.

I guess you should go back to class then, and see what you can look up on kitsune and baku. (Although bear in mind the information may be incomplete or inaccurate, like the tankuni information). Maybe flip through a history book and see if you can find that statue, or an armor that matches it.

After classes, visit with the elder again, see what he thinks. Maybe if you describe the statue he'll recognize it.

>But then how would I know I'm dreaming?
You wouldn't. You almost never know you're dreaming, in a dream. They're spooky like that.

>>568881
Since shit's getting weird, you should go back home and grab your leaves. Also maybe you shouldn't tell the Headmaster about the Baku message. Just tell him that the kitsune led you to these gravemarkings, and you're gonna do some studying.

Hey, does the name Manewis mean anything to you? A robot, that looks like the stone thing you were just shown.

I think, I think we're going to need to do some studying. something is clearing wrong here, we just have to find out what it is.

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)17:07 No. 568898 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568883
>does the name Manewis mean anything to you?

It... I don't think so... nnh, it's making my head hurt though!

>>568882
>>568884
>I think we're going to need to do some studying.

Ok, my book is still there. I didn't realize how late it's apparently gotten... It was pretty bright out when I came in.

Where did the day go? It was just lunchtime!

...that picture of the Baku on the wall is looking at you. And it was the last time you where here, too. Only you were sitting at your desk, then. Its eye moved.

>>568898
What about Ryu Hayabusa? Or Onigashima?

Open up the book and find the entry on Baku.

throw knife at eye of baku

something is very very wrong her indeed. The pictures are watching you, the time of day is all sorts of fucked, and whenever you try to remember certain things they cause you pain. Yeah we're defiantly under the influence of something that much is for sure. But now the question is just how deep down the rabbit hole are we?

>>568898
I think that Tapir poster is looking at you
And if I remember right it was looking at you too! It's eyeslit was in a totally different place!

Kenny, girl, I think you might be cuuuuuuuursed. Quick! Go to sleep. If you're in a dream, we might find the answer in a dream deeper! Or we lucid dream now.

I mean have you ever played pokemon? The dream eating pokemon Drowzy is totally a tapir! Can you think of the coincidence?

Baku eat dreams, right? All dreams, good and bad. The nightmares you want to get rid of, and the dreams, drive, and and determination to make a better tomorrow.
So what's a Baku doing inside a dream?
I'd suggest to say the Baku-summoning rhyme, but that mighht be just what it wants us to do. If we invite it in, it can eat all our dreams. Especially the ones we want to keep, like becoming the best ninja [i]ever![/b]

Kensuyata 2014/04/02(Wed)19:19 No. 568922 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568902
>What about Ryu Hayabusa? Or Onigashima?

You mean the guy from those Ninja Gaiden games?
And everyone's heard the legends of Onigashima. It was supposedly last seen nearly a hundred years ago.

>Open up the book and find the entry on Baku.
I... I can't turn the page! It won't budge!

>>568901
>that picture of the Baku on the wall is looking at you.

Oh my god, you're right...

>>568904
>throw knife at eye of baku

I don't have any knives or kunais.

>>568912
>Quick! Go to sleep.

I-I don't know if I can! I mean, I was really tired during class but I could only kind of day dream, I wasn't able to fall asleep...

>>568915
>I'd suggest to say the Baku-summoning rhyme

I don't think I can remember it. I'm sure it'd be in the text book, but the pages won't turn! If I could only remember it...

The rhyme is "Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat my dream."

can you move the book? If so we might be able to get one of the guys from earlier to open it to the page you want since they'll probably not effected by this reality altering bullshit.

>no knife to throw
Is there one in any of the desks? Or at the teacher's desk, when he had to take one away from a distracted student?

>>568922
Rip and TEAR that poster. It is huge! So it must have huge ink.
Wait, I have an idea

WE HAVE TO FALL
Go up to the roof and jump off, only high enough to maybe break your legs. I hope the practice you've done at Ninja jumps so far at least lets you take falls like a champ, even if you can't jump to a balcony yet, and that your preparations required to fall from high heights successfully without harming yourself doesn't mess with the falling sensation that causes you to wake up.

but if this IS a dream, you could be ANY age. You might even be an old lady right now getting baku'd right now. Which means you might HAVE completed your Ninja training already and it's in your muscle memory. Quick, as a test, do a Ninja trick you remember seeing the slightly more advanced Ninja's do as a test! Your muscle memory might fight the Baku magic better than your brain can.

Can you climb up and take the poster off the wall?

>>568929
Let's hold off on crazy life risking stuff to wake up from a dream we don't know we're in. We could, for instance, be in an illusion cast by the kitsune. In which case killing oursself to wake up would be falling for the trap.

take the book to the headmaster! he must be your memory of him. any questions you ask him will be your memories. ask how to break free from a dream.

Pinch your cheek really hard like in yume nikki

>>568959
I thought she just puts her fingers to her forehead... It's a signal Lucid Dreamers use to tell their body "Time to wake up."

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)10:26 No. 568999 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568959
>Pinch your cheek really hard

I already tried to pinch myself today and it didn't do anything.

>>568929
>Rip and TEAR that poster.
>>568930
>Can you climb up and take the poster off the wall?

Nnngh, I can... almost reeeach!

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)10:27 No. 569000 ID: 6e85c8
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>>568924
>The rhyme is

"Baku-san... come eat my dream! B-baku-san, come eat my dream! Baku-san, come eat me dre-"

*DOKAANN*

"Uwagh!"

...maybe asking it to eat a dream we were inside wasn't the best idea.

you ok kid?

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)11:09 No. 569007 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569002
Ah! Ugh, yeah, not hurt to bad anyway.
*SHLOOOP*

MYEH HEHEH! YOU MAY HAVE FOUND ME, INTRUDER, BUT YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY DREAMSCAPE!"

Oh jeeze!

it really is a dream! that means there are no rules! kick it's ass.

Scoot over to your desk and get your training sword.

punch it in the eye

Well, there's no point in being disguised if this is a dream. Pomf back to yourself.

>you'll never escape my dreamscape!
Easiest way to escape a dream is to wake the dreamer. Or kill him. Either way, time to kick ass.

Ask him what he means by intruder, and apologize.

No reason to be unnecessary rude to something you did not know of.

A thought- knock that table over if you can, if you can destabilize his footing as he's manifesting it should grant you a bit of breathing space to figure out your next move.

So are we on its turf, or is it on ours?
We are dreaming, but are we the dreamer or is it the Baku?
We may want to seek out that kitsune for help. I hadn't connected the fact that kitsune can walk in dreams to the Baku, but if foxy can find a way in, he may be able to find a way out. Or not, seeing as he's apparently a young'un. That token warning he left you might've been the extent of his influence. I hope not.
I'd suggest finding an anchor. Something real and important enough to you that you can pull on it to unravel the illusion of the dream. Again, foxy might be able to help, seeing as illusions are their thing and all.
But why is a kid kitsune trying to help us in the first place?
Foxfire, huh? I'll admit that's what I thought it was first time I saw it.

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)13:50 No. 569040 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569034
>knock that table over if you can...

"HYAH!"

"MYEH HEHEH! STRUGGLE MORE! IT ONLY MAKES YOUR NIGHTMARES ALL THE SWEETER!"

Aw crap, he floats... of course...

>>569033
>Ask him what he means by intruder

"Wh-what do you mean 'intruder'!?"

"MYAHA! MYAH HAHAHA!"

>>569036
>We may want to seek out that kitsune for help.

It completely vanished, I have no idea where to even start looking for it.

>I'd suggest finding an anchor.

An anchor? Like what?

>>569040
Manewis could be an anchor. You said it made your head heart to think about him. He is that statue thing the kitsune showed you. The kitsune is probably your "ninja" friend you've been galavanting about with on Onigashima. You're trying to destroy the island, remember?

An alternative to the struggle could be making things as boring as possible for the Boku so that he can't stand it anymore and lets you go. That would involve meditation.

well this guy is annoying. Think we're going to try something other then the brute force method here. Can we leave this room? or even take anything with us?

>An anchor? Like what?
I'd start with your identity. If you're fighting for reality, start by affirming who you are. Pomf into who you're supposed to be.

this WAS what you looked like, long ago. you are bigger, stronger, FASTER now.

>>569040

Dream yourself up a shuriken and start hitting him with it.

Also, if you can't dream up weapons, you could use one if your spares leaves to turn an object into what you need. After all, if this is a dream, you don't need to save them for your school disguises.

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)17:09 No. 569073 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569041
>Manewis could be an anchor.
>Onigashima. You're trying to destroy the island, remember?

>>569048
>I'd start with your identity. If you're fighting for reality, start by affirming who you are.

NNGH! RAAAAH! MY HEAD FEELS LIKE IT'S SPLITTING APART!

[animated]

it worked! you're awake! kick it's ass!

Riddle that sucka with daggers.

Baku there doesn't have a happy look on his face.

Fix that by sticking something pointy in it.

>>569073
Kill him and turn him into a leave though this should the obvious course of action.

oh now it's fucking payback time. You got your ninja skills back, kick his ass.

...odd thought, though. Why would it consider making you relive your childhood a nightmare? I mean, things looked a little frantic, and you were still trying to find your place, but you hardly seemed unhappy.

>>569088
will it was all destroyed by the demons so it was probably just building up to that part if I had to guess.

What in the heck is going on now. I can't tell if I'm missing backstory or what. ...OH, I just checked the wiki. Apparently this is like chapter 4?

If you're awake, do you remember all your memories, or are things still hazy?

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)21:37 No. 569100 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569074
>kick it's ass!
>>569075
>Riddle that sucka with daggers.
>>569077
>Fix that by sticking something pointy in it.

"GRAH!"

"MYEHEH, MYAHAHA!"

Damnit!

>>569088
>Why would it consider making you relive your childhood a nightmare?

I remember that day now... vividly. With the exception the kitsune nonsense, that was the last day I saw my friends. That night is when the demons reappeared after nearly a century and killed my entire clan...

so what do you remember about baku now?

and that kitsune... it was trying to help you?

>>569100
Hey Kensu-Chan.

Look at the room you're in.

The window's not broken.

http://youtu.be/AplN3vLXjYc?t=1m36s

>>569100
Doesn't "Ryu Hayabusa" look like Ken? Like, a lot?
Also, consider that the kitsune was not supposed to be there and warned you about the Baku. Wanna bet "Hayabusa" is actually a kitsune?

Retrieve dagger, review inventory and what happened before you got dream-stuck.

So... how'd you finish your education after you lost your clan, anyways?

>kitsune nonsense
It alerted you to what was actually going on, though. It let you fight back before the memory went full on nightmare, and gave the Baku anything really good to feed on.

Which, unless the kitsune was a manifestation of your own subconscious or something snapping you out of it, might suggest someone made an effort to try and snap you out of it.

>window isn't broken
This, and the absence of someone trying to snap you out of it, raises a problem. How do you know you're awake now? We broke free of the memory, but we could still be trapped in a dreamscape.

As you said yourself, before. How can you know if you're dreaming?

>>569102
That was a different window that was broken, though dream loops are a possible risk. Maybe the ninja education you remember now tells how to recognize those?

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)22:36 No. 569108 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569101
>so what do you remember about baku now?

All I can remember is that they devour dreams and nightmares, can disguise themselves as tapirs, and induce sleep on victims.

>and that kitsune... it was trying to help you?

Your guess is as good as mine. But it did clue me in on the Baku.

>>569102
>The window's not broken.

Hey... yeah...

>>569107
>hat was a different window that was broken, though dream loops are a possible risk.

That could also be right. I didn't get to explore that much of the island actually.

>Maybe the ninja education you remember now tells how to recognize those?

We didn't really get to the Baku class before the attack. I just know stuff I read on those little notes next to pictures while flipping through the book.

>>569103
>Doesn't "Ryu Hayabusa" look like Ken? Like, a lot?

Yeah, he does. I knew he looked familiar. Maybe that's why I got that weird feeling when I was around him?

>Wanna bet "Hayabusa" is actually a kitsune?

Him? Really? He's such a goober though. I mean, kitsune are tricksters and I guess kind of goobers too, but him? That just seems like a stretch to me, but I guess it could be possible?

>Retrieve dagger, review inventory and what happened before you got dream-stuck.

It looks like I have my KUNAI, MAGIC LEAVES, the DAY MANAGER'S STUFF, a FLIPPY PHONE, a SMART PHONE, and my SWORD. I think the last thing I remember was trying to make it to the GARDEN DISTRICT. Manewis said he was going to try and meet up with me there.

>>569104
>So... how'd you finish your education after you lost your clan, anyways?

After the attack, I scrambled around the grounds looking for any survivors. It was to late to save anyone though, they were either dead, to gravely wounded, or just missing all together. In the aftermath, after giving my friends proper burials, I found a bunch of books and scrolls in the HEAD MASTERS' quarters which outlined several techniques, obviously not all of them. So I kind of had to teach myself with that. I spent 10 years training like that and then the island came back.

>It alerted you to what was actually going on, though.

The kitsune is definitely weird. I don't remember there being one anywhere when those events actually happened, so it clearly wasn't part of my memory. But why would a yokai like a kitsune be helping me unless it was some kind of trick?

Check your phones, see if they have a time/date function you can use to orientate time with, and check for messages.

Then update Manewis and get a sitrep.

even if it isn't on your side, it is at least not on their side. besides it didn't have the full set of tails, it is younger and weaker.

anway, let's keep going garden-wards?

>>569108
But you're an animal youkai too. Don't tell me you think all youkai are evil despite being one yourself? I mean honestly how could showing you the way out of the dream be any sort of trick? Even if you are still stuck in a dream, you got your memories back due to that, and you probably wouldn't have managed it without the Kitsune's help. Saaaaay, can Kitsunes walk on water?

Well, it doesn't matter right now. Let's go. Which way to the garden district?

>>569108
>>569111
What he said. You're a yokai too, and you're also a trickster spirit. Maybe he has his own reasons for wanting the island destroyed.

Really though, Ryu Hayabusa? That's definitely a false name, you said it yourself that it's the guy from Ninja Gaiden.

>>569108
Why not try the rhyme again? Couldn't hurt.

The Kitsune lead you to talk to your adoptive father, who implied that being a Youkai does not mean you are bad. The Kitsune may have been another Benevolent Youkai.

Tanuki and Kitsune are known as pranksters, not demons. The fox knew you didn't have access to the memories on what those things it showed you were, but showed them anyways just to confuse you, and make you feel stupid. It did, however, tell you about the Baku. The shapeshifting magic of a Tanuki is stronger than that of a Kitsune, but Tanuki lack the Foxfire of a Kitsune. This foxfire is likely how they infiltrated the Baku's influence, but conversely could just as easily mess with you, as well.

Hopefully, you won't have to worry too much about the Kitsune being an enemy, worst case scenario it should only be a third party.

>>569108
The kitsune's actually a fellow student like Preston, but also like you hiding as human to be a Ninja and came here for revenge, and I guess Ken too came for revenge.
Listen, the past is coming up here, and any unaccounted for bodies when you buried them could be a kitsune.

Did you bury Headmaster? I mean, what if the reason he was open-minded to teaching you was because he was like you, only a kitsune instead of a tanuki in the past? I mean, I guess a wise-old Ninja man could be a kind master, but more often than not they'd be old, stubborn, traditional jackass that's super cautious.
Like it or not, that kitsune is somewhat of an ally here. And it's probably got a reason like Ken/Ryu and Manwis have.

When people yelled out Kenny when you were in the same room with Ken, how much confusion was caused? It's a suitable affectionate name for both of you.

Observe all exits and grates.

Check phones for the time, and to see if anyone tried to call while you were dreaming.

>But why would a yokai like a kitsune be helping me unless it was some kind of trick?
Because helping you serves it, or some agenda it supports, in some way. Or helping you is part of a larger trick, directed at someone else. (For instance, it might have some beef against the demons here as well. Or against the Baku in particular).

For the moment, we don't know its motivations. But it would be small minded of you to assume all yokai can only act adversarially towards you all the time. And kind of self centered to assume you'd be the end target of all its tricks and machinations.

>>569116
look im pretty sure pretson was a demon too just call it a hunch *wink* ;)

maybe every one their was a demon like some kind of x-men

Not all magic foxes are kitsune. Maybe it was just a spirit animal. Or someone's totem.

Kensuyata 2014/04/03(Thu)23:42 No. 569121 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569109
>>569117
>Check your phones

Both phones look like they're dead. Great.

>>569110
>let's keep going garden-wards?

About that... I don't actually know where I am, and the MAP Manewis gave me is on the SMART PHONE...

>>569111

>But you're an animal youkai too.

I can't be a yokai though. I may not have much memory of my life as a baby, but I distinctly remember being born on the MAINLAND. All Yokai originated from Onigashima, or what ever hell the island disappears to.

>>569112
>Really though, Ryu Hayabusa? That's definitely a false name

Well, Ryu also did say that he wasn't going to give his name out to a tanuki that he met on Onigashima of all places. Which I can't really blame him for, even if I'm not a demon.

>>569116
>Did you bury Headmaster?

No, HEAD MASTER was among the missing.

>When people yelled out Kenny when you were in the same room with Ken, how much confusion was caused?

Not as much as you might expect. Senpai... I mean Ken, was way, way, waaaaay more popular than I was. No one other than HEAD MASTER really called me by any nicknames.

>Observe all exits and grates.

There's a door on either side of the room, a thick glass window next to me, and an air vent in the floor.

Go down into the vent and see if you can backtrack to where you entered the island, as if this is the room where the window broke. If it IS the same room, then you're definitely dreaming, and you'll want to maybe concentrate on the window and remember Manewis breaking it.

As somebody mentioned, you could also try the baku chant again, just in case. Even supposing it just made it come back, maybe you could then at least hit it with something.

>>569121
You remember your own birth? How do you know you weren't born on the island?

And... there's no other spirits or supernatural beings that are born outside of the island, only tanuki? Not even kitsune, your race's own trickster rivals that are most known for tricking samurai into marrying them but being faithful wives all the same? Or is there just some rule that if you're born off the island, you're not a yokai?

Standing by jump.

>Both phones look like they're dead. Great.
I don't suppose either can be charged by chi?

I guess then we're looking for evidence that you are or are not dreaming, the gardens, a non-phone map, and/or a charger.

>I can't be a yokai though. I may not have much memory of my life as a baby, but I distinctly remember being born on the MAINLAND. All Yokai originated from Onigashima, or what ever hell the island disappears to.
Maybe your ancestors came from the island? Before they deserted, or rebelled, or left. I mean, your clan may have been family, but you must have had blood relations too.

try to leave via air vent... failing that try the doors.

Also we should see if we can't find some way for you to charge your phones.

>>569121
Your cell phones being dead implies days of inactivity, almost a week if they were fully charged previously.

>>569169
I dunno, I've had a phone go dead in only 24 hours. Granted, it's because an app was running, but it was also in power saver mode. Some phone batteries just don't hold much charge.

Kensuyata 2014/04/07(Mon)09:32 No. 569555 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569125
>you could also try the baku chant again

"Ahem, Baku-san, come eat my dream! Baku-san, come eat my dream! Baku-san, come eat my dream!"

I hear a faint laughter echoing, but I can't pinpoint it. Otherwise, nothing seems to happen.

>>569154
>I don't suppose either can be charged by chi?

If they can, I never learned how.

>>569162
>try to leave via air vent
>>569122
>Go down into the vent and see if you can backtrack to where you entered the island

I shimmy through the air vent and reach the end, popping the grate open.

Hmm. Is its ability to laugh off the chant proof you're awake? Hardly definitive, though. Maybe it only works once a dream, or just forces it into its true form.

>grate
...well this certainly seems to look like where you broke in. The stains and drips on the wall even match up. (Although maybe that one by the slanted corner of the plate on the wall wasn't there before?).

The window you got in by is dark. They sealed it, or it's night, or there's nothing out there because the dream doesn't go outside? Take a peek if the coast is clear.

>>569555
Yeah this looks like where we came in. Still stuck in a dream, then. Go up and look out the hole. It might be worth using a leaf to fly out; if this is a dream you won't really be using a leaf anyway.

it's a WINDOW guys. it could just be night out :V

>>569558
I wouldn't waste a leaf, just yet. We're still investigating.

...well, what are the chances that someone merely repaired the broken window in that room?

Kensuyata 2014/04/07(Mon)12:26 No. 569572 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569557
>Take a peek if the coast is clear.
>>569558
>Go up and look out the hole. It might be worth using a leaf to fly out

I use a leaf and into an Owl and fly up to the hole. It hasn't been sealed. It just looks inky black. I try to go through it and I find myself outside again. Oh no...

>>569572
Okay so definitely still in the dream/nightmare. Looks like there might be a light on the second floor there, go check it out. Also, see if you can pick out Ken amongst the bodies. Or do you already know he was one of the ones that died?

Still dreaming, then.

Goal now becomes hunting the Baku, or searching out whoever was trying to help you before. The kitsune or someone was reaching into your dream.

Also, control your emotions. This is supposed to make you suffer- don't give the Baku what it wants.

examine the bodies.

save your master's life. you are a true ninja now, not just a trainee, you can help.

>>569575
>>569576
>>569580

Agreed.
You are the dreamer. This is your dream, and while you are not a fully fledged ninja, there is one ancient technique you should be able to access.
Your training in discipline and self-awareness, and your natural aptitude as a being who exists between two worlds , both spiritually and physically, might allow you to take a stab at one of the most potent techniques known to those demonslayers and warriors who take the fight against evil even at their most vulnerable, inside their very souls and minds...
LUCID DREAMING.
In other words,
kick evil's ass.
This is your nightmare. This is your pain. Who does this shit think he is, waltzing into your mind, your past, and thinking he is the master? What does he have? Centuries of experience manipulating the dreams of mortals? Hah! You're a ninja. He's not. Time for a math lesson.
And for some reason I can't quite explain, I think you should put some sunglasses on. At night. Time for less pragmatism, more passion. Don't give him what he wants. Give him what he could never have imagined.

Kensuyata 2014/04/22(Tue)13:03 No. 571934 ID: 6e85c8
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>>569573
>Looks like there might be a light on the second floor there

It looks like its just ambient glow from the nearby flames.

> Also, see if you can pick out Ken amongst the bodies

I think I remember now. The Dojo was the last place I saw Ken before I ran. He tried to protect me from a demon, but it gets fuzzy after that.

>>569575
>Goal now becomes hunting the Baku, or searching out whoever was trying to help you before.

Well that sounds like a plan, but how am I supposed to go about doing something like that?

>>569576
>Also, control your emotions.

That's not really going to be super easy. I'm being forced to relive one of the most horrible days of my life. But I'll try to deal with it as best I can.

>>569577
>examine the bodies.

Most of them look to be the Guardian Ninjas, the grounds' peace keepers and guards. A small few of them look to be students.

>>569583
>LUCID DREAMING.
>In other words,
>kick evil's ass.

Ok, so I am aware that I'm trapped in a dream now. I guess I need to figure out how to actually use that to my advantage.

>lucid dreaming
Can you try and force your will on anything in the dream? I mean, normally you use the chi I'm a leaf to transform something. Can you try transforming something without a leaf? These things aren't real, so logically they should take less chi to change. Actually, if this is all inside your head, maybe you can sort of think of everything here as your energies, anyways.

>How can I do that?
We need annother clue. Something that will bring us to your enemy or would be helper. Meaning we look around, I suppose. Or maybe you can communicate with the kitsune? It helped before, try asking it to guide you.

>hard to control emotions
Don't focus on what you lost, or your pain. Let the crimes of these demons serve as a reminder, to steel your resolve. Everything around you is a reason why they will be made to pay, a reason they will be brought to justice.

>>571934
Maybe if you can find the fox again it'll be able to help. Perhaps we should go into the forest where it showed you the statue and grave markers.

>>571934

Is that Ken right there?

Also, uh, if you get the reference to Ryu Hayabusa, certainly you get the reference of Ryu and Ken.

If Ken and Ryu are the same person and a kitsune it seems like they just always name themselves after video game characters rather than expose their true name.

Do you have any experience with guiding your dreams in the past? It may not be a standard ninja skill, but there are ghose who develop the talent of their own volition.
I wholeheartedly agree that you must not let the ghosts of the past drag you deeper into this illusion. Let them steel you. Were you in their place, would you want them to grieve over your grave, or bring vengeance to those who delivered this injustice and ensure none ever face this mockery of justice and self-interest again.
I preach to the choir, I know. You are not unwise or unmotivated, and indeed you possess both intelligence and willpower beyond the ken of an average individual...but I know the pain of wounds reopened, and would remind you that you do not stand alone.
...also, don't demons consume human flesh? So why haven't they consumed that one?

Silly question- but aside from the obvious drawback that you're currently asleep and helpless to attack in the real world, what threat is the baku to you? How does a baku dispatch its victims? For the moment, it seems content to draw this out, and avoid confrontation. Do you grow weaker the longer this goes on? It this simply for its own pleasure? Or is it trying to stall long enough for some demon in the waking world to find you? (Not that we know how much time has passed or is passing in the waking world. Dreams do funny things to time).

>Well that sounds like a plan, but how am I supposed to go about doing something like that?
We need a sign. You may be able to find one (a clue left deliberately for you by the kitsune, or a trail left by the Baku). You may also be able to invoke one- by either directly manipulating your dream, calling on the spirits of your dead clansmates around you to guide you (even if they're only a dream, a dream should be able to guide you in a dream, right?), or perhaps calling on the kitsune to give you another sign.

Kensuyata 2014/04/24(Thu)12:19 No. 572203 ID: 6e85c8
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>>571944
>Can you try and force your will on anything in the dream?

[animated]
Well, let me try something. HNNNNNN!

I did it! I can make stuff in my dream, or something! I'm not going to pretend to know how it works, it's a freakin' dream.

>>572021
>Silly question- ...what threat is the baku to you?

I dunno, being eternally trapped in a nightmare to feed a gross "ele-pig" monster doesn't sound very ideal to me.

>>571973
>also, don't demons consume human flesh? So why haven't they consumed that one?

The demons that attacked were just an assault force. A reclaimer team showed up hours later to collect the bodies of the fallen ninja and drag them off to the island. I had to race against time to collect who I could and give them proper burials.

>>571947
Is that Ken right there?

It is. Or I guess "was" since this is more of a memory. I only caught a glimpse of him like this back then, Ken made me run away while he tried to fight the demons off. I never got to bury him before the Reclaimers got him.

Kensuyata 2014/04/24(Thu)12:20 No. 572205 ID: 6e85c8
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>>571945
>Perhaps we should go into the forest where it showed you the statue and grave markers.

It looks like the statue came back.

>>572205
Touch that shit. Maybe remember Manewis when you do.

Turn it on. Does he got 'dem switches?

>>572203
Well, we know he's alive now, so your old perspective is STILL clouding things. So he managed to run away before those reclaimers got to him right? Do the reclaimer's finish off the nearly dead or are they purely scavengers and won't fight anything that's even barely alive. I wonder if knowing he lives will allow your dream version of him to work with you?

I wonder if touching manwis would do anything.
Try and power him on.

Kensuyata 2014/04/24(Thu)13:48 No. 572216 ID: 6e85c8
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>>572207
>Turn it on. Does he got 'dem switches?

It just looks like it's made of stone. No working parts or anything.

>>572206
>Touch that shit. Maybe remember Manewis when you do.
>>572210
>I wonder if touching manwis would do anything.

[animated]

Oh hey you summoned an ally! I think. Looks a bit different though, I hope it's not part of the nightmare.

If that's an ally try talking to it. Maybe you can summon more things like it by touching the gravestones and thinking of who they represent.

do be on guard. ask who he is.

>made a leaf
Well, at least you're not going to run out of those. And you can make any weapon you need.

>body reclamation
...then you don't know for sure those they took we're truly dead.

>statue
Behind you.

Although I don't know if he's real, or if you just dreamed him up.

Mind is the ultimate weapon. Have a mindful conversation, that's the best allies can offer... An ally without communication can be harmful.

Kensuyata 2014/05/14(Wed)11:32 No. 574376 ID: 6e85c8
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>>572217
> Maybe you can summon more things like it by touching the gravestones and thinking of who they represent.

I have no idea who these gravestones represent. None of them are marked.

>If that's an ally try talking to it.
>>572220
>do be on guard. ask who he is.
>>572332
>Have a mindful conversation

"Whoa! Wh-who are you!?

"I am Manewis. Our mutual goals are to destroy Onigashima, are they not?"

"Holy crap, are you real? Or just something I dreamed up?"

"I believe I am as real as one can be inside of a dream."

"Ugh, you talk like you text."

Alright now that we have some help, let's go to your master's house to investigate further.

Ask Manewis to help you escape this dreamscape.

Are... you okay, Manewis? You're looking a tad...feral, there. And more than a little shady. Did you get damaged before we got stuck in the dream zone? Those repairs look mighty odd. Did we meet up before that, or has our fellow ninja sought your aid?
I'm slightly worried now. Manewis' body image is really weird inside this dream, and we sought him out as a point of stability. We can't find stability if his presence in the dream is as unstable as the dream itself.
Or if he's not entirely stable himself.

Kensuyata 2014/05/14(Wed)18:56 No. 574456 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574436
>Are... you okay, Manewis? You're looking a tad...feral

I... never actually saw Manewis from the waist down, now that I think about it. I guess my brain just filled in the blanks with Devil Hunter Tsunami.

>>574377
>Ask Manewis to help you escape this dreamscape.

"C'mon Manewis, we're bustin' outta this joint!"

"Ugh, you talk like you text."

>>574377
>let's go to your master's house to investigate further.

We head to the Grand Master's house.

>>574456
Yeah that's probably not your master. Prepare for battle, and ask him to turn around.

You know, things you didn't actually see, like what happened to your master, would have to be filled in by the dream, which probably means filled in by the Baku. So yeah, he is most likely going to say its all your fault than turn into a zombie ghost or something like that.

>>574471

>"you were a horrible student and nobody liked you a booga booga boooooo"

alternatively

>"Come here my lovely child....abooga booga boooooo"

Be prepared for the worst, but don't attack out of turn. No need to disrespect your own memories.

...master?

remember: nothing is true. everything is permitted.

>>574536
You heard the man. Go DBZ on this bitch!

Kensuyata 2014/05/15(Thu)18:21 No. 574631 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574519
"Master?"
"...Are you alright?"
"...Master?"

Kensuyata 2014/05/15(Thu)18:22 No. 574632 ID: 6e85c8
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"I'M NOT GRAND MASTER! MYAH HAHAHAHA!"

We already knew that you jackass

good thing you are not unarmed! upward knife attack through his stupid nose.

>>574632
Stab him to death.

"no but you ARE ugly"

shank his ugly mug.

Fucking dicknose. Stab him to death.

>>574632
oh look
"Abooga booga boooooo"
You don't have time for this

Huh, and I thought he would draw that out a bit longer. Anyway, get with the stabbing, because we saw this coming and had time to prepare.

>I'M NOT GRAND MASTER
But you did allow me to get close enough to touch you.

Which is more than enough for any good ninja to kill someone, especially someone who's wasting their time gloating.

Stab him with the weapon you already had in your off-screen left hand (since you expected this 'trick') while you use your right to prevent him from dodging or escaping.

stab him in the face.

Next thing you know, he's making chocolate pudding at 4am.

Slice his face off!

Kensuyata 2014/05/16(Fri)14:30 No. 574721 ID: 6e85c8
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"HYAH!"

"MYAAAAAH!"

Kensuyata 2014/05/16(Fri)14:31 No. 574722 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574721
> ===>
"MYEH HEHEHEH!"

Kensuyata 2014/05/16(Fri)14:34 No. 574724 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574722
> ===>
"YOU THINK A SWORD THAT YOU DREAMED UP CAN HURT ME!? I AM THE MASTER OF OF THE DREAMSCAPE, DEVOURER OF DREAMS, BRINGER OF NIGHTMARES! THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN CREATE WHICH WILL NOT FEED ME! MYA HAHAHAHAHA!"

He's sucking in the entire room!

Eh who cares. Its not like any of this crap is real. Start ignoring the chuckling idiot.

Kensuyata 2014/05/16(Fri)14:35 No. 574726 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574724
> ===>
"MYAHA! MYAHAHAHA!"

What the hell?

Just start punching him. He didn't make you, so you should be able to hurt him with your bare fists.

>>574726
He ate everything that was familiar to you. The part of Manewis that did not come from your memories is unscathed. If the dream-Manewis is no longer moving, see if you can detach its tail and use that for a weapon. Maybe throw it into his gaping maw so he chokes on it? Transform into that ogre guy you defeated earlier so you're strong enough to do it.

Alternatively, transform into something with natural weapons and go to town on him. Not sure if we have a transformation like that though.

the legs didn't disappear... it can only eat conscious creations. the legs were made by your subconscious to fill in the gaps. grab it by the tail and slam it on him. if that doesn't work then remember, you are a mystical animal, you still have sharp teeth!

>>574726

It's groin isn't made of dreams...defeat it in the most painful way possible

Mostly cause it's being an ass and won't leave you alone

>THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN CREATE WHICH WILL NOT FEED ME!
...unless we go all Zen. If everything feeds him, nothing will starve him. You could exercise ninja training to clear your mind and leave him with nothing.

>>574726

Shove a kunai into his belly and drag it lengthwise while shouting RULES OF NATURE.

Clearly the solution is to simply be unimpressed by his display. You are in a dream, all his tricks and attempts to scare you amount to little more than bravado. If the rules of physics don't apply to you here, and you can dream what you like, go about making the dream unpleasant for him.

>>574787

I'm going to vote for this because maybe it'll get things done

>>574787
>>574806
It won't get things done though, he'll just eat whatever we dream up, even if it's unpleasant.

>>574726
Imagine a live grenade covered in cyanide! He'll eat that and get blown up/poisoned!... Maybe?

...Okay, dumb idea.

You can't use anything you dream up, so bite, punch, scratch, maybe even kick him. Your body is pretty much the only thing here you didn't dream up.

I wonder if he overate if it'd give him indigestion?

Or maybe if he'll actually converse with us....

>>574746
This. Anything you create and any action you take will be useless, since it all consists of mere dreams and thoughts. If you clear your mind, you'll deprive him of anything to use against you.

>>574930

He couldn't eat the robot's legs, though. If the robot was a demon-hunting robot, maybe it is immune to demon powers?

Dreaming up the rest of the demon hunter robot might help. The worst that could happen is he eats it and we're no worse off.

>>574787
Make him as uncomfortable as you can: think about weird furry porn.

To be fair, Ken and the Baku are pretty hirstute by design. Theyr probably wouldn't find it all too shocking, 'less Ken has.... "fleshier" tastes after spending pretty much all her time with glorious hairless apes. That could work.
But then again, she really needs stability right now. This is not the time to be uncomfortably aroused about anything, because odds are he'll use it against us in the worst possible way.
So our options now are to go Kenshiro on his fat ass, or to make like the Buddha and disbeleave this popsicle stand. Goddamn dreams.

Kensuyata 2014/06/20(Fri)21:22 No. 579734 ID: 6e85c8
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>>574727
>>574735
>>574992
>Just start punching him

The Baku's body is made of the same dreamstuff everything else here is. It'd probably be no more real enough to hit than that sword he already ate.

>>576792
>Make him as uncomfortable as you can: think about weird furry porn.

Wouldn't that be, like, normal porn for someone like me?

>>574746
>unless we go all Zen... You could exercise ninja training to clear your mind and leave him with nothing.

I'm mostly self trained, remember? I'm not entirely sure what part of this adventure gave the idea that I've got a grasp on the whole "zen" thing.

>>576742
"Tch, looks like I've won!"

"Myeheh- what?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, let me do this the proper way."

Kensuyata 2014/06/20(Fri)21:24 No. 579735 ID: 6e85c8
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“You thought you could break my will by consuming everything I dreamed up to fight you. But this turned out to be your fatal mistake!”

”W-WHAT!?”

”Your bravado revealed to me one thing you CAN’T consume! DEVIRU HUNTAH TSUNAMI!”

Devil Hunter Tsunami is now a controllable character. Please suggest an action.

>>579735
>forgot to mention, [Animated]

>>579735
Go for the eyes! Use that cannon to blind him. Kensuyata should probably run interference while looking for a weak spot. Or his real body, somewhere.