Something Fishy This Way Comes
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The Namazu before you is twitching vigorously.
Though it seems to be in a bad way, it is unmistakably alive and will probably survive without your intervention. |
Question #1
What will you say?
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(-Namazu Voice-)You there! Wait, wait!
I am not dead─far from it! And do not pretend that you thought I was! How unfair of you to assume that aiding me would lead you to undertake a series of arduous tasks. I assure you that I require your assistance only this once. You see, fate─destiny!─guided me to the Azim Steppe. But as I wandered this unfamiliar land, I became increasingly lost...and dry. Parched! Until I found I could no longer take even a single step... Random passerby, you will be traveling to Yanxia, yes? You will find that I am most portable. Quite suitable for sacks. I ask only that you convey me to Gyorei at Yuzuka Manor. Please, please! |
My, my, what an oddly shaped bag you have!
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I...am returned...
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Gyoshin! How did you come to be so desiccated?
No, no, never mind that─I will bring water posthaste! |
<gulp> <gulp> ...Ahhh, much better.
There is nothing like a deep draught of the One River's water. Another half-dozen jugs and I will be most fully refreshed! |
First you might explain where you have been! And what of this traveler─have you no words for miss? Such an ill-mannered Namazu I have never seen!
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Oh, yes, yes. Slipped my mind entirely. Ahem! Thank you, thank you, random passerby!
I am Gyoshin. Namazu artisan, crafter of crafts. My deftness of fin is second to none. |
Yes, yes, he would be almost admirable were he not so careless. Why, not a fortnight ago he wandered into the path of a falling vase and was knocked utterly unconscious.
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Indeed, that is how I came by this head wound. It was most excruciatingly painful. And though I made a full recovery and have been in perfect health ever since...
I began to have unusual dreams. Yes, yes. Dreams of my greatest grandsire standing before me, shrouded in light... He revealed that every seven hundred and seventy-seven years, we must hold a seven-year celebration commemorating the birth of our tribe. Should we fail to do so, the Namazu will be most gruesomely annihilated once seven years pass. Seven years! |
And so you immediately set forth on a journey to our homeland at the head of the One River? Without so much as a thought towards preparation?
How reckless can you possibly be? Though I do not doubt it was distressing to you, a dream is no more than a dream. Yes, yes. |
...Hasten not to judge, for profound truth may lie in even visions of the night.
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Who said that?
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None other than I, renowned member of the literati, Seigetsu the Enlightened!
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Oh, it's just Gyofun. Always with his face buried in a book─a walking tome with whiskers, our Gyofun─
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Speak not that name, no, no! I cast it aside long ago, for I have searched my soul and found my true name─Seigetsu the Enlightened! Seigetsu the Enlightened! How many times must I tell you!?
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Yes, yes, your soul has a lot to say, I am aware. Did you need something?
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This. This is why I detest imbeciles... But I will waste no further words on you and your deficiencies, for a matter of greater import demands our attention: the festival.
In the course of my scholarly endeavors, I encountered a dated manuscript entitled The Epic of Ganen, which mentions an event that took place centuries past along the upper One River. This “unforgettable spectacle,” as the author describes it, was a festival held by our own ancestors. It is written that this festival marked our people's first step toward enlightenment─the advent of a civilized Namazu society. Even you must understand the significance. Though I suspect your “vision” is a byproduct of a few too many blows to the head, reviving this tradition is an excellent idea. At long last, the Namazu will emerge from the darkness of ignorance─our cultural renaissance has arrived! |
I have no idea what that means and am not sure if I care, but if you are offering to help, then I graciously accept.
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Well, well, I see there is no stopping you. I will accompany you, then─but I must insist that we bring another. One with more than a passing familiarity with the region.
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All THree Namazu
Thanks in advance!
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