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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Forsaken One" data-source="post: 373619" data-attributes="member: 799">As she walks up to the front of the ship as the fleet sets sail and the sea is donned with bue and yellow sails. She looks over the azure water for a moment as Isawa Akahita speaks to her. She looks at the horizon and ponders for a moment before turning around to face Isawa Akahita."I am glad you decided to join us on our voyage home for I and Gautier have a request of you. Gautier seeks a land he calls the land of the Priest-Kings it's legend to him and quite possibly based in something quite real...."Juiko is silent for a moment and looks at Isawa Akahita."He might have told you about this and I am planning to search for what we might know about this mystical land. We in of the Mantis have sailed far and wide and poses great libraries of travel journies and manuscripts of travels of far over the horizon of the great sea of the Sun Goddes. But you posses the greatest librairies and collection of knowledge in the Empire. You are wise and a great scolar, even greater as myself. So I ask your aid in helping me with this search for information and details about this land... is you want to know my motivation.. it intrigues me but most of all.. the possibility that WE are this land.. the Emerald Empire would be quite possible as well and that some differences are merely that created by time or created by whoever told them about this Land.... Maybe it were Mantis Seafearers who told and exaggerated or told and changed some things to gain a better reputation or impress so their trade would be more profitable... we don't know and myself for one wishes to sort this out... I was hoping upon your aid for I know non as learned in lore as yourself."She turns around and looks at the seas and skies again as the coastline grows thinner."Indeed they seem to be quite peacefull and respecting of other cultures and Faiths so that doesn't seem to be a problem.. yet. We'll just have to see how it stays but I have a good feeling about it and Gautier has stirred a certain feeling of trust withinme. He seems ok... and to be trusted. Not unlikely that his Faith is merely a altered and mutated form of our own... we would have to research that and talk about it with this strangers, but that will all come in due time honorable one.."Juiko holds a moment of silence and as the sea wind blows through her hair she seas a bit of clouds at the horizon where the coastline has all but disappeared. As she hears and feels the boat cleave through the water and looks at her small fleet surrounding her she is content and as she closes her eyes and ejoys the smell and sounds of the seabreeze.."As for that I told him about the emperor... I have my reasons as you have undoubtedly thought. It is actually just one and I'll share it with you for in my opinion it was quite simple...... These people showed respect and promise of good relations... I thought it would be very unwise to let the first answer and advise I give him be a lie.... I chose to be straightforward and honest with these people and I saw no harm in sharing this information, most certainly not as long as we act in trust and unison. The test for the new emerald champion won't be long I heard from a trusted source.... that would bring a new central source of leadership within the empire and a place to look to. We would endure anyway but order and a point of Emperial focus will do everything and everyone good, especially for those who seem to need a goal and a thing to protect and serve. Talking about the Emerald Championships..... I hardly know anything of them since I've never interested myself in them and it has been long since we had one..... could you share a bit about them with me for as far as you know and about what these trials might be to choose a new champion?"As the elderly woman opens her eyes again and inhales the salt sea air she turns around again."Ahh the sea air, the sound of the water and the winds in your hair. Wonderfull! Delicious! But as to your proposal... they will return only in some time but I think it might be a good idea.... and offcourse we could not send an emissary of all the clans...... but for the moment a representative from all clans seems like a wise idea but when the time comes we'll decide on it. But Isawa Akahita.... we Mantis don't prefer to lie, we speak truth or silence, at least we attempt."With a grin she looks at the Phoenix Daimo. And she turns abit and looks at Gautier on the quite a distance away and shouts..."I"m glad to see your ships are keeping up Gautier, let's see how fast they really go!"And with that she signals the captain to sail at full speed ahead. Extra sails are put up and the crew gets to work. [OOC: The Mantis are still in convoy form around the ships of Gautier, if due to speed increase of the swift and rank Mantis ships it might break we'll just slow down. Juiko is just interested in some sport and she would be surprised indeed if the ships of Gautier would keep up with the rank mantis vessels. And at the moment the fleet is setting sail for the Isles of spice and silk. /OOC]</blockquote>

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