Magistrates of the Emerald Empire: Through the Spine of the World.

[Dante]

Kenren closed his eyes. Mere physical sight was hardly enough for what he was going to do now. He let his mind reach out, sensed the ambient water kami. and spoke.

Noble kami, my comrade has been wounded, and I fear the worst for him if he does not receive your aid. All know that the kami of the water are the keepers of purity and wholeness. I beseech you, share some of your gifts with your brother Man.

OOC: Cast Path to Inner Peace on Tama.

[Squishy Cheeks]

ooc: good news. Dante stopped tama from hemorraging to death. Now for the stuff till the storm blows over.

[Raiden]

Tama had a strange look on his face. He looked down at his leg.

"Wow. My leg stopped bleeding. This must be one of those magical springs I've heard about! Let's see if it will get rid of this nasty scar on my shoulder." Tama sunk down into the hot spring.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Raiden cooked the little bit of rice. He added rice wine vinegar.

"The rice is done." Raiden called. He prepped a meager cup for tama and took it to him.

[IHateMakingNames]

Yoshi sighed and shook his head at Tama's statement about the magical healing hot spring. It should have been obvious some one healed him.

After hearing that the rice was done, Yoshi stood up and walked over to it, and made himself a little cup of rice.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Izumi came and got a small cup, she moved to the back of the cave and ate in silence.

[Forever Zero]

Shiroku made himself a small cup of rice, and sat back on the falt rock he was using as a seat. He looked to the cave entrance, staring off into space as he ate mechanically in silence...

[Krylo]

Taken had been standing outside staring at the tracks of the Tsukai, and watching them fade along with any hope, he believed, of finding those culprits before they could sacrifice Doji Mei or, worse, destroy another village. Finally, as the storm became stronger, and the tracks were all but gone, Taken climbed the path to the cave amongst the cold whipping winds and made his way all the way to the back, where he sat, nursing his right hand.

All of the stone chips had finally fallen from it, revealing his muscles and circulatory system to the world. Oddly enough, it wasn't particularily painful, although it stung whenever something touched the exposed flesh, which is why he was currently nursing it. Unfortunately, it had also begun to scab in places, making so much as moving his lower arm rip open wounds anew in a most painful manner, but Taken knew that his wounds were nothing compared to what would happen if they could not catch and finish those last two Tsukai.

[Squishy Cheeks]

"Kenren-san, you found our querry before, could you do it again?" Raiden said handing the ishi a ball of rice.

[Dante]

Originally Posted by JADGuy

"Kenren-san, you found our querry before, could you do it again?" Raiden said handing the ishi a ball of rice.

Kenren did not answer immediately, instead breaking off a small piece of rice and rolled it into a smaller ball, then tucked it behind a stone by the spring, as a form of thanks to the water kami for healing Tama.

Thus was our treaty written; thus was our agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time, memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.

He then turned to Raiden and the others and nodded.

"I will do what I can."

He quickly finished off the rice, then sat seiza amidst the billowing clouds of mist, already deep in concentration.

Kenren opened his eyes to the realm of spirit, where the elements were one and none, and he was no longer seemed to be within his body, but rather, his point of view bobbed slightly, even though he knew he was perfectly still save for his breathing.

He glanced around, seeing the others - Raiden, Izumi, Shiroku, Taken, Yoshi, Tama - as points of multicolored light, colours swirling in accordance to the balance of the elements within them. But it was not enough, still not enough. He had clarity, but he needed vision.

Willing himself higher, Kenren sensed the "ground" recede beneath him, as he sent his viewpoint further into the heavens, seeking to expand the radius of his sight, and hopefully track the tsukai down before it was too late. The details of the ground quickly became indistinct, sparkling points of light that represented lives and souls surging towards his center of vision as his spiritual senses encompassed more and more ground.

Now the task of actually finding the Taint of the tsukai could begin. Kenren sighed inwardly, and began to sift through the multitudes of beings in search of the right, or as it were, the wrong ones.

His eye was drawn to a small cluster of lights... but they were no ordinary lights. All three were dimmed... tinted with some strange colour. Suddenly Kenren stopped himself from going closer to get more details. He sensed dark kami following them, and he realized that they might alert the tsukai...

No. They would have to approach the villains on foot, without giving them warning of their approach. Kenren withdrew his mind into his body again, and his eyes snapped open, glinting with the new insight he had gained.

"I have found them. They are in a cave, further up the mountain. They have stopped to rest, it would seem."

OOC: Cast Sense Void, JAD, PM me with the results so I can properly describe it, unless you want to do it yourself.

EDIT: Edited.