Rolled 5 (1d6)
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1. Tai
2. Archives
3. Gardens
4. Guests
5. Teaching
6. Senpai
writing
Ninja Monk Quest #2
Aiden Robinson
Bentley Miller
>least cool option won
we are mere playthings to the cruel dice gods
Dylan Ramirez
at least you'll understand sealing more
for when you construct your own seals and techniques in the future
John Parker
You stop to think for a moment as you consider the possibilities. You could take this as an opportunity to escape to the archives…but you’ve probably scraped the knowledge out of almost every book there already. You could meditate in the Gardens to focus your chakras or even spend some time learning from Myatsuu. As long as you don’t have to spar with Tai more, you’ll take it as a win. How about…
“I’d think teaching my own knowledge of seals to my peers would be a just punishment, si- Myatsuu.” You quickly correct yourself.
He laughs cheerily at this as he moves back to his favorite meditation spot, a single mat atop a small raised dais of earth in the richly-vegetated room. “Ah yes, teaching your own secrets then? Passing on your own efforts and powers to others. Some might even say it would be relieving yourself of your pride in the matter. How very wise of you, Amon…so be it. You’ll find them in the courtyard at this time.” He finishes with a wink before closing his eyes and reforming his familiar, stony expression of deep meditation as you turn to leave the small enclosure of the temple.
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“How do I make a summoning contract?”
“Can I seal people I don’t like into a book?”
“Was Myatsuu ever good at sealing?”
“Does that one guest know anything about this stuff? I think he’s from a hidden village”
You sigh wearily. A handful of monks slightly younger than you- a couple barely past single digit ages- are your students. Once they saw their teacher for the day was a teenager himself, they lost any sense of importance in the lesson and began to openly banter and ask questions. A dark-haired monk-in-training tries to blow a grass whistle.
He ended up making sputtering noises.
>Where to begin?
>Sealing and the nature of Chakra
>Heavenly and Earthen Seals
>Legends of great sealing sages and their powers
>Summoning Contracts?
>Barriers
> the gift of the sages
>The calligraphy and symbols of sealing + materials used
Isaac Stewart
>Legends of great sealing sages and their powers
>Sealing and the nature of Chakra
Start with attention grabbing stories and then go over the basics
Brayden Hill
>Legends of great sealing sages and their powers
>Sealing and the nature of Chakra
>The calligraphy and symbols of sealing + materials used
Juan Sullivan
>>Sealing and the nature of Chakra
>Legends of great sealing sages and their powers
Christopher Phillips
Going with this.
Robert Barnes
You stop to think about this. The best way to go about this would be to start with the attention-grabbing stories to get them to focus on you. After you can cover the basics. Who knows? This may even end up being entertaining for you.
“Who here has heard the story of the Legendary Five Gates, the great sealing monks?” You finally call out to the group, standing up as you do so. Most of the eyes in the small crowd turn to you, puzzled.
“These five formed the basis of most sealing techniques we know to this day, and were said to possess extraordinary powers as well.”
“The Five Gates would become heroes in their time, the period of the warring clans. They traveled spreading a message of balance and harmony and spread the belief of the ninshu. Unfortunately, the time was too violent for their ideas. Realizing this, by necessity these five noble monks would transform their writings and philosophies into techniques to pacify those holding sway over populations and control power itself, the chakras.
The monks vowed to combat the evils of this world and parted ways to bring that dream to reality.
Where these enlightened ones walked, it is said that evil was banished and peace blossomed. In ending the evils of their time, the monks took action for those who could not, the oppressed and wounded. In time they would develop their own techniques and hold sway over the very hearts of men.” You finish.
“Tell us more! I bet they could blow fireballs!” multiple voices call out from the eager, now wide-eyed kids.
“Fire? In a way, you’re right,” you chuckle, “It is said that among their powers was the ability to manipulate and bind the chakra in another’s body. Legends say that one of the sages stopped a bloodthirsty warlord this way; the man, fueled with hunger for the fires of war, was literally consumed by them when the sage transformed the man’s own chakra into scorching flames... within his own body, burning him alive.”
Alexander Howard
There is a chorus of oooh’s and ahhh’s from the peanut gallery.
“Another sage was said to be a master of not only sealing arts, but physical as well. It is said he spent a lifetime developing a full-body seal along the lines of his own body's 8 gates. It was said he had more stamina, strength, and energy than any man alive…but at first glance would look like nothing greater than an old, crippled man. It is believed the seals he created and branded himself with would store, generate, and recycle his chakra utilizing the eight gates themselves. In the only recorded instance where he was seen using this technique, writings say people could see golden light for miles as if a second sun had risen.”