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Rivers Between Us: /* 19th Day of Descending Fire */

2007-01-08T05:03:26Z

19th Day of Descending Fire

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	I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end. We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually. Then I won't have to answer for my crimes... at least not to the living.		I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end. We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually. Then I won't have to answer for my crimes... at least not to the living.

	==19th Day of Descending Fire==		==19th Day of Descending Fire: The End and the Beginning==

	The door opened.		The door opened.

Rivers Between Us at 05:02, 8 January 2007

2007-01-08T05:02:42Z

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 I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end.  We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually.  Then I won't have to answer for my crimes... at least not to the living.
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 [[Heaven's Mandate]]

Rivers Between Us: /* 10th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin */

2006-12-29T16:54:33Z

10th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin

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	He's dead now, but I might as well be. How can I face my masters once again, after what I have done, knowing what I have become? How can I return to my father with pride?		He's dead now, but I might as well be. How can I face my masters once again, after what I have done, knowing what I have become? How can I return to my father with pride?

	I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end. We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually. Then I won't have to answer for crimes... at least not to the living.		I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end. We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually. Then I won't have to answer for my crimes... at least not to the living.

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	[[Heaven's Mandate]]		[[Heaven's Mandate]]

Rivers Between Us: /* 17th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin */

2006-12-29T16:52:47Z

17th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin

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	Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.		Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.

	==~~17th~~ Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin==		==10th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin==

	...over and over I swore to them it was an accident, but from the way they looked at me, I could tell they were all asking the same question in their hearts. I know because I can't stop asking it of myself. When I saw him lying on the groud before me while the rest of the mob scattered, the bleeding hole where my fist had been ''in his back'', I knew I had messed up. Sure they were lead by a nemissary, but they didn't know it. Sure they had started the fight, but they broke and ran as soon as I began using celestial martial arts. One of them just didn't run fast enough.		...over and over I swore to them it was an accident, but from the way they looked at me, I could tell they were all asking the same question in their hearts. I know because I can't stop asking it of myself. When I saw him lying on the groud before me while the rest of the mob scattered, the bleeding hole where my fist had been ''in his back'', I knew I had messed up. Sure they were lead by a nemissary, but they didn't know it. Sure they had started the fight, but they broke and ran as soon as I began using celestial martial arts. One of them just didn't run fast enough.

Rivers Between Us: /* 13th Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night */

2006-12-29T16:52:07Z

13th Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night

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	As she faded, he shook his head ruefully. “Oh Murinada, you were supposed to tend to our wounds, but when you needed us... needed me... I failed you.”		As she faded, he shook his head ruefully. “Oh Murinada, you were supposed to tend to our wounds, but when you needed us... needed me... I failed you.”

	==~~13th~~ Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night==		==1st Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night==
	"I'll kill him myself."		"I'll kill him myself."

Rivers Between Us: /* 17th Day of Resplendent Fire: from the journal of Li Jin */

2006-11-03T19:46:29Z

17th Day of Resplendent Fire: from the journal of Li Jin

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	Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.		Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.

	==17th Day of Resplendent Fire: ~~from the journal~~ of Li Jin==		==17th Day of Resplendent Fire: Journals of Li Jin==

	...over and over I swore to them it was an accident, but from the way they looked at me, I could tell they were all asking the same question in their hearts. I know because I can't stop asking it of myself. When I saw him lying on the groud before me while the rest of the mob scattered, the bleeding hole where my fist had been ''in his back'', I knew I had messed up. Sure they were lead by a nemissary, but they didn't know it. Sure they had started the fight, but they broke and ran as soon as I began using celestial martial arts. One of them just didn't run fast enough.		...over and over I swore to them it was an accident, but from the way they looked at me, I could tell they were all asking the same question in their hearts. I know because I can't stop asking it of myself. When I saw him lying on the groud before me while the rest of the mob scattered, the bleeding hole where my fist had been ''in his back'', I knew I had messed up. Sure they were lead by a nemissary, but they didn't know it. Sure they had started the fight, but they broke and ran as soon as I began using celestial martial arts. One of them just didn't run fast enough.

Rivers Between Us: /* 13th Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night */

2006-11-03T19:46:02Z

13th Day of Resplendent Fire: Just Another Night

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	Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.		Outside the team's tent, in the driving rain, Cat-Eyed Dream screamed at the black sky.

			==17th Day of Resplendent Fire: from the journal of Li Jin==

			...over and over I swore to them it was an accident, but from the way they looked at me, I could tell they were all asking the same question in their hearts. I know because I can't stop asking it of myself. When I saw him lying on the groud before me while the rest of the mob scattered, the bleeding hole where my fist had been ''in his back'', I knew I had messed up. Sure they were lead by a nemissary, but they didn't know it. Sure they had started the fight, but they broke and ran as soon as I began using celestial martial arts. One of them just didn't run fast enough.

			Am I a monster now? Over and over I think back to the moment before I struck, when I saw his face turn white with fear, when I saw him turning away. I remember the first thought that came to my head, the thought that drove my fist through his spine.

			"Who cares."

			He's dead now, but I might as well be. How can I face my masters once again, after what I have done, knowing what I have become? How can I return to my father with pride?

			I suppose it doesn't matter, in the end. We'll all share Murinada's fate, eventually. Then I won't have to answer for crimes... at least not to the living.

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	[[Heaven's Mandate]]		[[Heaven's Mandate]]

Rivers Between Us: /* 22nd Day of Ascending Fire: The Death of Murinada */

2006-11-02T05:03:56Z

22nd Day of Ascending Fire: The Death of Murinada

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 As she faded, he shook his head ruefully.  “Oh Murinada, you were supposed to tend to our wounds, but when you needed us... needed me... I failed you.”
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 [[Heaven's Mandate]]

Rivers Between Us at 01:02, 18 October 2006

2006-10-18T01:02:41Z

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	==7th Day of Ascending Fire: Journals of Li Jin==		==7th Day of Ascending Fire: Journals of Li Jin==
	Arrived in Timberline at dusk, ~~and~~ quickly found that the people were resistant to Kitaru’s teaching. Strong ancestor cults. Ghosts warned villagers of our coming; Arrested at nightfall by mayor and thugs.		Arrived in Timberline at dusk, quickly found that the people were resistant to Kitaru’s teaching. Strong ancestor cults. Ghosts warned villagers of our coming; Arrested at nightfall by mayor and thugs.

	In the jail cell, Cat-Eyed ~~Demon~~ told us that ~~they~~ mayor was a nemissary, to proceed with caution. Murinada suggested waiting till change of guards and facing him in private. Broke out at midnight, but mayor had escaped with his men. Not before torching the fields. And poisoning the well. We’ve sent a request for water elementals purify well, and grain for emergency relief and replanting. Haven’t slept in three days. Maybe tonight.		In the jail cell, Cat-Eyed Dream told us that the mayor was a nemissary, to proceed with caution. Murinada suggested waiting till change of guards and facing him in private. Broke out at midnight, but mayor had escaped with his men. Not before torching the fields. And poisoning the well. We’ve sent a request for water elementals to purify well and grain for emergency relief and replanting. Haven’t slept in three days. Maybe tonight.

	==22nd Day of Ascending Fire: The Death of Murinada==		==22nd Day of Ascending Fire: The Death of Murinada==
	“How could this happen?” Cat-Eyed Dream looked in horror at her still form. She remained as she had when she went to sleep at his side, only now her lips had grown pale blue, and her rosy cheeks ~~and~~ turned ashen. He called the sight of the unseen to his eyes. “Tell me, who killed you?”		“How could this happen?” Cat-Eyed Dream looked in horror at her still form. She remained as she had when she went to sleep at his side, only now her lips had grown pale blue, and her rosy cheeks had turned ashen. He called the sight of the unseen to his eyes. “Tell me, who killed you?”

	Murinada leaned over her lover and ran her fingers through his hair; the immaterial form of her higher soul did not stir a single lock. “I was strangled while you slept, dear Dream, and I did not see him.”		Murinada leaned over her lover and ran her fingers through his hair; the immaterial form of her higher soul did not stir a single lock. “I was strangled while you slept, dear Dream, and I did not see him.”

Rivers Between Us at 00:59, 18 October 2006

2006-10-18T00:59:52Z

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==7th Day of Ascending Fire: Journals of Li Jin==
Arrived in Timberline at dusk, and quickly found that the people were resistant to Kitaru’s teaching. Strong ancestor cults. Ghosts warned villagers of our coming; Arrested at nightfall by mayor and thugs.

In the jail cell, Cat-Eyed Demon told us that they mayor was a nemissary, to proceed with caution. Murinada suggested waiting till change of guards and facing him in private. Broke out at midnight, but mayor had escaped with his men. Not before torching the fields. And poisoning the well. We’ve sent a request for water elementals purify well, and grain for emergency relief and replanting. Haven’t slept in three days. Maybe tonight.

==22nd Day of Ascending Fire: The Death of Murinada==
“How could this happen?” Cat-Eyed Dream looked in horror at her still form. She remained as she had when she went to sleep at his side, only now her lips had grown pale blue, and her rosy cheeks and turned ashen. He called the sight of the unseen to his eyes. “Tell me, who killed you?”

Murinada leaned over her lover and ran her fingers through his hair; the immaterial form of her higher soul did not stir a single lock. “I was strangled while you slept, dear Dream, and I did not see him.”

“Gods, it’s too much for me to bear! Stay but a moment, and I will join you!” He lifted his head and whispered through taught lips to her vanishing form, seeing her wearing the kimono he had given her three days before they had left for the south. “Damn the cycle, and damn the mission!”

“Good bye, Dream, I promise you I’ll find you again, but not in this form...”

As she faded, he shook his head ruefully. “Oh Murinada, you were supposed to tend to our wounds, but when you needed us... needed me... I failed you.”

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[[Heaven's Mandate]]