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Day 4



Trip: Halt!

Trip: Stand and be recognized!

Trip: I'm sorry, friend. I can't let you pass this blockade right now.

Lunar the White Wolf: Why is that? How else can I get to Durem?

Trip: Well, to be honest, you can't right now. Durem is completely blocked off. There are some really bad things happening along the road past the Reclamation Facility and a number of people that have gone that direction haven't been seen since.

Lunar the White Wolf: They disappeared?

Trip: Well...we're pretty sure they were *taken* by the Animated. For what...we don't know. But until the road can be cleared, we're closing it to any other travelers.

Lunar the White Wolf: That makes sense. But, wow...

Trip: Yes, wow. We've got troubles here near Barton Town...but from what I've been told, it's nothing like the problems around Durem and Aekea.

Lunar the White Wolf: You seem to know a lot for someone posted so far from Town.

Trip: Leon keeps us up to speed...and a lot of people have been by here in the last couple of days. Since there's not a lot to do except listen to those dang walking drums, we ask a lot of questions. Did you want to know about anything else?

Lunar the White Wolf: Is there anything I can do to help you guards?

Trip: Those Drums are driving us crazy around here. If you could thin a few of those out, we'd really appreciate it. We'd have to leave our post to do anything about them...and Leon would have our stripes if we did that.

Lunar the White Wolf: Well...we need all the guards we can get right now. Sure! I can help you out.

Trip: Great! If you could take out ten or so of those dratted Drums, we'd be forever in your debt. Thanks!

Lunar the White Wolf: You bet. I'll come back after I'm done.

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Kat's Kokeshi Doll: You dare destroy MY children?!? The march of the Dolls cannot be slowed! Die!!!

Kat's Kokeshi Doll: Eat fan edge, Naturals!

Kat's Kokeshi Doll: Eat fan edge, Naturals!

Kat's Kokeshi Doll: Eat fan edge, Naturals!

Kat's Kokeshi Doll: I will not return to the swirling darkness alone! Die!!!

(I ACTUALLY LANDED THE FINAL BLOW! ME A 2.9!)

Katsumi: Have you found my doll yet?

Lunar the White Wolf: I know that I found it...but I can't guarantee that I destroyed it. Not permanently anyway. These things just appear out of thin air!

Katsumi: I wondered how so many could come from just my one little doll. What did you see?

Lunar the White Wolf: I'm not sure. The dolls seem to be marching with great purpose, but just in a big circle, and they don't seem to be...*doing*...anything!

Katsumi: Hmmm...so even though they look smart, perhaps they're just playing some pattern over and over again?

Lunar the White Wolf: That's a good way to describe it!

Katsumi: Okay. That makes me feel better. Like perhaps they're less likely to suddenly change their minds about the shard and come charging in here.

Lunar the White Wolf: I think you're okay on that front, Katsumi. At least for now.

Katsumi: Thank you ever so much, Lunar the White Wolf. I am grateful to you for your help. Please accept this gift for your troubles.

Katsumi: There is one other thing I could ask you to help me with, if it's not too much trouble.

Lunar the White Wolf: Oh? What would that be?

Lunar the White Wolf: I would be glad to help you further, Katsumi. Where is your Uncle?

Katsumi: My Uncle can be hard to find.

Lunar the White Wolf: Why? Was he driven out of his home by the Animated?

Katsumi: Well...no. He belongs to a secretive organization. He is a powerful man.

Lunar the White Wolf: Secretive, eh? So why is it that YOU know?

Katsumi: My family has been part of that organization for many generations. My Uncle's name is Kin. He is a ninja.

Lunar the White Wolf: Ninjas? Tell me more!

Katsumi: The ninja enclave lies in the forests west of the Zen Gardens. My Uncle is high in their order, but how high he does not tell even me. Since my father...passed, Uncle has been the only family that I have.

Lunar the White Wolf: So I have to go into the forest and find your Uncle?

Katsumi: No. Do not go into the forest. If the ninjas found you there without an invitation... well... just do not go there. Instead, you must take this glass rod and ring the iron bell you'll find along the forest's edge to the north.

Lunar the White Wolf: A glass rod? And an iron bell? That doesn't sound like it's going to work.

Katsumi: You must trust what you do not understand if you are to converse with the ninja.

Lunar the White Wolf: Oooooo...deep. Okay. I'll go ring the iron bell with the glass rod. And your Uncle will somehow just...know...that I did it?

Katsumi: Yes. Exactly. Good luck, Lunar the White Wolf.

Lunar the White Wolf: Riiiiight. Okay then. See ya after I ring the bell.

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