<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/2hQ3lug.png)</div><strong>Kemuri Itan-Sha</strong>- Shikibane Brute<br/>(https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1694366)<strong>HP</strong>:  14 / 14<br/><strong>Location</strong>:  Council Meeting Room; Avalon --> World Gate; Aelum<br/><strong>Status</strong>:<strong>Being Useless In Strange New Lands</strong><hr/><strong>"Hee hee..."</strong>Kemuri covered her mouth behind her hand as she had a small laugh at Asami's suggestion,<strong>"I think the proposal has <em>merit</em>, but I'm not certain that a strategy based on a Warborn's willingness to quit the battlefield has been fully considered."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Still, if Jie agrees, I'll surrender the scroll."</strong>she smiled, holding it up,<strong>"In the spirit of cooperation."</strong><br/><hr/><strong>"So, the first time they went to <em>test</em> the thing, the traveller ended up <em>smeared</em> across a hundred miles of open terrain!"</strong>Kemuri continued cheerfully,<strong>"And <em>that's</em> why you don't try to build a Gate without using another Plane as an intermediary.  The cultists tried to turn it into some kind of beyond-the-horizon catapult, but they never found a kind of ammunition that'd survive that space-warp.  They <em>tried</em> getting their hands on some Adamantine, but then they popped up on Avalon's radar and <em>boom</em>!"</strong>she said, slapping her fist into her open palm,<strong>"Commando squad wipes out the whole place."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"I heard they took possession of the Gate for study, but according to the texts <em>I've</em> seen they never worked out a cost-effective way to employ the thing.  Classic case of arcane sunk-cost fallacy."</strong>she shrugged helplessly, though she seemed bemused by the whole thing.<br/><br/>Since arriving at the Gate depot in Avalon, Kemuri had been entertaining (or, perhaps, terrifying) her companions with stories she'd heard about "Pirate Gates", attempts by small independent agencies to create their own fixed teleportation nexuses.  There seemed to be a recurring theme of the people who made the attempt dying horribly for one reason or another, though Kemuri slyly implied that you only<em>hear</em>about the failures.<br/><br/><strong>"Ah, sorry,"</strong>Kemuri said, waving her hand to signify she'd be no help when Shrahadma asked if anyone else knew Akka,<strong>"It's the only one of the 4 Nations' languages I don't speak...I had a chance to expand understanding of Surturese and jumped on it."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Definitely take Asami-chan though."</strong>she said with a smile, resting her hands on the other Shikibane's shoulders and leaning over her shoulder,<strong>"I guarantee you'll find a plush gig with a cutie like this at your side."</strong>