conversations: human
conversations:  Ahem, 'twas many moons ago that Masamune Amon, Konpaku Yousuke, Uchiha Momo and probably some other mooks famously fought against the oni invasion invasion.  Some have left fascinating legacies.  Others were Takuya.  Here is some mook's continued fable.  (please post a link to your sheet in a spoiler so I won't lose it)
  
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  You awaken with a ringing in your ears, not that that is unusual.  You've been feeling all kinds of migraines ever since you woke up to find yourself a young girl's body sharing rent with an old ninja's memories.  Still, this one felt more external, more 'table to the cranium'-y.  Eventually taking stock, you blink your eyes to find yourself in near pitch-black.  You can tell even with this concussion that you're in a big open area, with the slightest daylight coming from an opening above.  Looking closely you can see the entrance is some sort of swaying material, implying some sort of tarp, perhaps a tent?  There's not much to see - from the looks of the light, it was either dawn or dusk, though one can only hope for the improving illumination of the former.  You don't remember how you got here, but you don't seem to be alone.
  
  "  Oh good, she's coming to,"   whispers a girl's voice across from you.  The light seems to catch her well enough for you to see her at the moment - a sandy blonde with distracted eyes, she looks maybe a little younger than you.  Before you get a much better look though, she cups her face in the mask her hand is cradling, apparently quite bashful as she wriggles away into a better shaded part of the cage.  Wait, cage?  Yeah, you're in a cage.  You feel heavy iron bars supporting your back in place of a wall as you slouch, and the same goes for her, and indeed there's bars above you.  Seems pretty cage-y.
  
     
  Just as you take stock of the dimensions of your jail however, you find another figure darting out and rushing up to make your acquaintance from the shadows, this one hardly seeming so fearful of you.  Someone is most definitely all up in your grill, but at this distance they're just a silhouette with what appears to be the  creepiest eyes  you've ever seen glow in the dark while staring meaningfully at you.  You feel a cold, wet breath on you, but after a moment the eyes' owners backs up and you see them better for their pale skin and slender body doing what could only be described as coiling as it sits across from you.  Blinking though, you find not a snake but another girl, sneering at you.  A torn up kimono decorates her as she sits across from you, letting some presently messy bangs hang over her creepy as hell eyes and death-pale complexion.   "What are you in for then?"  she asks.  " Of course, no one's in for doing anything.  Just being something.  Being a freak, and being in the wrong place.  Have you got any skills they want from you, and more importantly are they any good for helping us escape?" 
     
  She's quite too the point, speaking rapidly, and ending every sentence with a punch-like beat to signify that not a sentiment is wasted in her quest for freedom from... wherever this was.  However the other girl seems  a lot more patient.    "Wait, Oroko.  She doesn't even know where she is.   She's been asleep for two days..."  
  
  Oroko sighs.   "Fine, fair point, Michi.  Girl, what's your angle?  Er, and name, I guess?  Do you have any clue what's going on here?  And are you really a ninja?" 
   
   Spoiler 
  Make 2 ninja lore and 1 perception check, if ya like.
   
conversations: Princess Tracy:
conversations: human
conversations:  Her eyes fluttered open into shadowy darkness.  Which was not unusual, considering she liked her room dark.  But this place was...colder than her room.  Much colder.  There was no blanket, and there were most certainly  not  iron bars in her room.  Oh dear, she must be in a cage.  Ai isn't sure whether or not to ignore the masked girl before the creepy eyed...woman?  Yeah, it was a woman.   Oh my dear, I think she must need a mint pretty badly right now.   She pushed the thought aside.  No use going down that line of though if they were talking.
  
  So she was merely here because of...something.  It was odd, because she had no really special abilities to speak of.  Unless they meant...
  
  Crud.  And she had really tried to keep those a secret from everyone.   "Well, I suppose my situation can't really get much worse, can it?"   She humphs and thinks for a moment before answering the questions   "Kuro Ai.  Firstly, I am only a ninja depending on your definition.  I belong to no village, nor have I ever.  Now that I have introduced myself, I have two questions:  what are both your names, and what the hell do you mean I've been asleep for two days?" 
   
   Spoiler: Ninja Lore Results 
  
  
  One with the mask:   (1d20+10)[ 23 ] 
  Creepy eyes woman:   (1d20+10)[ 30 ] 
  
  Perception check:   (1d20+4)[ 16 ] 
  
  I know all the things about the creepy eyes woman.  So here is  Kuro Ai's  sheet.
   
conversations: Overlord Rion:
conversations: human
conversations:  You recognise the girl with the creepy eyes as sounding suspiciously like a recent rumour, of a snake or witch taking the shape of a young girl and infiltrating and sabotaging communities.  Word has it that babies have gone missing with her in town, the implication being she's eating them.  But she looks about 11 years old, 14 tops, and when standing probably comes up to your chin - having almost baby-ish facial features on closer inspection apart from the eyes themselves.  Still, those eyes are almost impossible to ignore as malicious, and bring back unpleasant memories of an assassin from a previous life.
  
  The other girl isn't so obviously linked to anything you know of, but from the looks of her she seems to be from the village of sand... but wait, that village hasn't existed in decades.  That's the other Ai's knowledge creeping in again.  Still, there was no denying her features and fashion - an ancient emblem carved onto her mask that marked ANBU operatives.  She didn't seem like much of an ANBU from how often she took it off though.
  
  The snake-eyes girl shrugs.   "Fine, I'm Tsubasa Oroko if you must know, not that the name means anything.  I'm a researcher.  That's Michi.  Just... just Michi.  She snores."  Michi blushes furiously behind her mask.   "Well, are you the type of shinobi that has any particular skills for getting out of an iron cage?  Because that would be ever so nifty of you, just saying.  Granted that's not the only obstacle in the way of us making a break for it, but its a better start than what Michi can cough up." 
    "As for being asleep for two days.. it might be longer.  It's been two days since they threw you in this cage and you were asleep then."  
   "Look the long and short of it is, the people here are crazy and they kidnapped us, and you.  And I'm not one to sit around and let them force me into joining their weird cult-y rebellion.  I've got **** to do.  What about you?" 
  
  You find you've been stripped of your weapons and other ninja equipment, though other than that your belongings seem largely undisturbed.  Whoever picked you up knew what they were doing.  Looking to your side, you see a third shadow in the darkness, though outside your own cage.  He appears to be in another cage entirely, and as metal glimmers and chains clank you realise he is wrapped in about dozens of feet of chain at every limb, tying him to the bars of his own cell.  From the looks of it the whole set up was forged from dark iron.  The barechested man seems plenty ripped... and more than a little torn.  As in perfectly muscular, but covered in various bruises.  his eyes glimmer at you, looking red in the darkness as he looks at you.   "They caught another girl..."  he speaks.   "Oroko, I told you.  Don't resist, they'll kill you.  I'll get you all out of here soon.  Just hang in there and don't try anything crazy..." 
  
  He has a betrayed nobility to him, of someone who's fallen from grace, speaking clearly yet confidently even in his weakened position trying to be dependable.  Oroko sighs.   "I'll get you out too, Asura, don't worry,  she adds, like that was his only concern.  The man just sighs, shaking his head.   "Ai-kun, this is Asura-kun, or that's what we call him anyway.  He's really strong, so no one ****s with him even when he's chained up.  He looks after us as best he can, but that can't last forever,"  she half-whispers the last part, the fatalism seeming to get to her.   "They'll be here to check on us soon, I think.  You want to keep pretending you're asleep or what?" 
conversations: Princess Tracy:
conversations: human
conversations:  Sand village?  It was getting more difficult to separate whose memories were whose.  Either way, this was a lot of information to take in. "Well, good to meet you for now."    Don't say something stupid don't say something stupid don't say-  
   "Michi, has anyone ever mentioned you look a lot like a ninja from a village that doesn't exist?"    And there we go.   Whether or not Michi responds, Ai lets her attention drift to the other two.  Just who was this guy chained up?  She visibly pauses, thinking, before finally locking eyes with Oroko.    It's not cheating if you were never dating, right?   Okay, now that was a set of memories she most certainly did not want to see.
  
   "Most of my skills are based on the elements, so it looks like you're going to be out of luck.  So what do you research, Oroko?"   While she speaks, she slowly looks around at the world outside of the cage.    Where could they have hidden my Hankyuu?  I suppose I COULD use that technique...but it's too showy to be much use in sneaking away.  
   
   Spoiler 
  Gonna roll my Ninja Lore and Current Events, in that order.  If possible, Ai will take 20 on her spot check for looking around for a 24.
  
   (1d20+10)[ 17 ] 
   (1d20+7)[ 14 ] 
   
conversations: Overlord Rion: