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<blockquote data-quote="Rolzup" data-source="post: 2832014" data-attributes="member: 10105">Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part III.&nbsp; What the Monkey-Man Saw&lt;Overheard, as if by magic, aboard the MCSDF Windsprint, 7th night out of St. Tarte's Island.&gt;The Most Honorable Yet Least Experienced of the Sacred Guardians of Wu-dan Mountain, sifu Wujuyama sits with his tiny legs wrapped around the bowsprit, reclining into the immobile, windswept waves of the figureheads' wooden hair. He considers a chip of yellow paint he's pried from her peeling mane, nibbles at it, makes a face.&quot;Mallus-san, please to tell me about the oni Joachim saw&quot;&quot;Yoni?&quot; says Mallus, caught off-guard. &quot;You're a naughty little monkey, Wu.&quot;&quot;Oni... it means demon in my language.&quot;&quot;Oh, I thought you said yoni. That means a lady's naughty bits in Shirac.&quot;&quot;You speak the witch-tongue of the Shirac?&quot; asks Wu, momentarily distracted.&quot;Enough to get me...by.&quot;Dr. Wu asks Mallus a barrage of questions: Did the demon hop? Did it's head come off? Did it have a yellow parasol?Mallus has no answers for the monkey. He reiterates what he told Rackhir. He saw a face come through the side of the carriage, which suggested a woman's, but was not.&quot;Ah... this is plainly a foreign oni. Not one of the 10,001 known in the Empire.&quot;&quot;Empire? Is that what you're calling it these days?&quot;&quot;We've called it that since the Emperor of Heaven descended the Three Mountains and ordained it. When your kind were new in the world.&quot;&quot;Whatever. Look, why don't you ask Joachim? He saw it with his own eyes.&quot;&quot;Mallus-san, you say the oni had both the yin of woman and the yang of not-woman together? The poon of female energy and the tan...&quot;Mallus cuts the inquisitive monkey-man off. &quot;Something like that.&quot;Wu says excitedly, &quot;Ah, Wu, you old fool, you have seen such Wu before, on the streets of Narayan. The day Master Kenji taught those disrespectful red swordsmen, ah... yes... the Room Rouge Players...&nbsp; a lesson that involved their bowels spilling onto the ground. And the polite old Barrister came to pass judgment. There was a fat round-eye priest with too many gold chains who gave favorable testimony. He had a wand with a carved face much like the oni you described. Could there be a connection? Yes... yes... Am I saying this out loud, Mallus-san?&quot;&quot;Not a word of it. Say, you wouldn't happen to have a fresh lime on you?&quot; asks Mallus as he reaches for his flask of gin.&quot;I must speak to Master Kenji.&quot;&quot;What about my lime?&quot; shouts Mallus as Dr. Wu scampers away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rolzup, post: 2832014, member: 10105"] [b]Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part III. What the Monkey-Man Saw[/b] <Overheard, as if by magic, aboard the MCSDF Windsprint, 7th night out of St. Tarte's Island.> The Most Honorable Yet Least Experienced of the Sacred Guardians of Wu-dan Mountain, sifu Wujuyama sits with his tiny legs wrapped around the bowsprit, reclining into the immobile, windswept waves of the figureheads' wooden hair. He considers a chip of yellow paint he's pried from her peeling mane, nibbles at it, makes a face. "Mallus-san, please to tell me about the oni Joachim saw" "Yoni?" says Mallus, caught off-guard. "You're a naughty little monkey, Wu." "Oni... it means demon in my language." "Oh, I thought you said yoni. That means a lady's naughty bits in Shirac." "You speak the witch-tongue of the Shirac?" asks Wu, momentarily distracted. "Enough to get me...by." Dr. Wu asks Mallus a barrage of questions: Did the demon hop? Did it's head come off? Did it have a yellow parasol? Mallus has no answers for the monkey. He reiterates what he told Rackhir. He saw a face come through the side of the carriage, which suggested a woman's, but was not. "Ah... this is plainly a foreign oni. Not one of the 10,001 known in the Empire." "Empire? Is that what you're calling it these days?" "We've called it that since the Emperor of Heaven descended the Three Mountains and ordained it. When your kind were new in the world." "Whatever. Look, why don't you ask Joachim? He saw it with his own eyes." "Mallus-san, you say the oni had both the yin of woman and the yang of not-woman together? The poon of female energy and the tan..." Mallus cuts the inquisitive monkey-man off. "Something like that." Wu says excitedly, "Ah, Wu, you old fool, you have seen such Wu before, on the streets of Narayan. The day Master Kenji taught those disrespectful red swordsmen, ah... yes... the Room Rouge Players... a lesson that involved their bowels spilling onto the ground. And the polite old Barrister came to pass judgment. There was a fat round-eye priest with too many gold chains who gave favorable testimony. He had a wand with a carved face much like the oni you described. Could there be a connection? Yes... yes... Am I saying this out loud, Mallus-san?" "Not a word of it. Say, you wouldn't happen to have a fresh lime on you?" asks Mallus as he reaches for his flask of gin. "I must speak to Master Kenji." "What about my lime?" shouts Mallus as Dr. Wu scampers away. [/QUOTE]

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