(YBA) Cait Sith in the Passage of Death (Pt. 2)

[Wicht]

Cait Sith thanks the mullah for the information and hearing that his rival has a headstart does not delay very long (pausing only to refill on food and water) before taking a polite leave of his hosts.

He heads back the way he came, into the burning sands, looking for this spirit of fire.

 

[tleilaxu]

As night falls Cait sees a small fire in the distance....

 

[Wicht]

"That could be a camp or that could be a spirit of fire," says Cait to himself. Deciding to walk a bit through the darkness, Cait Sith postpones his rest for a few hours as he works to get closer to the flames.

"Perhaps it would be better to walk at night searching for fire and sleep during the hot day," muses Cait with a grin as he starts making plans on how to search for fire in the desert.

 

[tleilaxu]

As he approaches the fire he sees that there is a figure wrapped up in a blanket sitting before it. (it's cold in the desert at night!)

 

[Wicht]

As quietly as possible, Cait Sith creeps closer to the fire, trying to make out the figure better.

 

[tleilaxu]

Cait can't really tell who the figure is because the form si obscured by the blanket.

 

[Wicht]

Deciding that politeness will rule him, Cait Sith hollers towards the figure, "Hello there, mind if a fellow traveler shares your fire?"

 

[tleilaxu]

"Not at all..", says the figure, which turns toward Cait and then starts.

"You again? Well, perhaps it is just as well. My horse has died, I have little food left, and I am here waiting for the spirit of the sands to find me."

The figure pulls back his hood and you recognize Zhang Bao.

As soon as you realize who it is, you feel a strong compulsion to attack Zhang. Do you give in to this feeling or fight it?

 

[Wicht]

Cait resists the urge to fight as hard as he may.

"There is a spirit of anger in the air," notes Cait mostly to himself.

"I am sorry to hear about your horse. It was a fine animal. But there is a group of travelers no more than a day's walk to the south-east of us - you may go to them for food and supplies. Have you seen the spirit yet?"

 

[tleilaxu]

generate a move to resist the kill urge:

The mantis perfectly removes the island; grasps the blood of the tides!