Heihachi Hayashida

Jenka, do you have a minute? I want to talk to you about this training you've been doing with Komachi.

Komachi, Miss Penelo told me about your trip to the infirmary. Do you want to tell me what happened while you were training with Jenka?

I've tried to clear away as many of the cables around the generator as I could, but considering the generator's fully charged and we've already had our share of accidental electrocutions I'm afraid the bathroom's still off-limits. Sorry everyone! I hope you all got a good shower in during the storm. We should be able to move it all out once we get back to port though.

[Filtered to the Samurai of Kanna, Ship's Doctors, Souji, Hijikata, Lavi and Beat]

Hey, did anyone else notice something wrong with Komachi? I thought I saw her limping earlier. I thought she'd stayed inside during the storms. She didn't get hurt, did she?

To everyone who's going out into town to celebrate, just be careful, okay? I think it's a little too soon to be letting down our guard, and there might be people here who still think we're guilty.

By try to have fun! We deserve it, after all.

[Locked to Souji // Unhackable]

I know we still have a lot to do, but since we're on the ground now how about we take a bit of a break and get started on that training of yours? It'll be easier to do when the ship's not moving, believe me.

[The transmission opens with a little bit of static, but if you listen carefully you can hear the sounds of something boiling in a pot nearby, as well as someone shuffling around. Heihachi's voice is low and a little bit dubious.]

Eugh. This is even less appetising than when Kirara made it. Well, at least it looks like it's about the right texture. [An audible slurp, and a slight noise of distaste.] Tastes about the same too.

[Spoken more loudly towards the microphone.]

Okay everyone, there's Firefly Gruel in the kitchen. Everyone's having a bowl, okay? It's kind of a tradition. I promise it tastes better than it looks. Or not.


[[OOC: What's this? Heihachi's in the kitchen and making something other than rice? 8D Firefly Gruel is made out of Millet, rice's poorer cousin, and...well, in some places they use millet to feed livestock so that gives you an idea about the taste. It's good for the soul, however, and Heihachi will be very persistent about getting everyone to try some. It's supposedly a samurai toast, and you can all blame Kambei for starting the tradition. In fact, I encourage you to do so.

By this point the observant will have probably noticed Heihachi a lot around the ship. He's being ridiculously productive, making sure the 4423 is in absolutely fantastic shape and everybody's spirits are being kept up...and he's doing this in lieu of sleeping, the closer they get to Ivona.]]

[Filtered to the 4423 // Unhackable]

Well that wasn't so bad. I hope the next prison we're in has better food though. I'm starving for something decent. You'd think they could serve at least a little rice with this stuff.

Gorobei, Katsu, Souji...you guys okay?

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[Filtered to Kambei and Hijikata // Unhackable]

I need to tell you both something. It might not be important, but you'd rather be prepared, right?

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[Filtered to Toshirou Hitsugaya // Unhackable]

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

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It looks like their canons clipped us after all. I've got reports of a breech in the port aft section, near the hanger bay, so be careful around there until I can find the hole and plug it. We don't need anybody falling out of the boat again.

Souji, what's the engines like? We didn't bust any pipes in the firefight, did we?

[OOC: Shortly after this, anyone on the lower decks would have noticed a brief power-outage. Nothing to worry about, but it's a bit dark down there now!]

It's kind of funny that in the whole time I've been here there hasn't been a single raid. Not much pirating for this pirate ship, and I'd kind of gotten used to that. Ah well. Guess it couldn't last forever. There's not much love lost between samurai and merchants anyway, especially if they're anything like Ayamaro or Ukyo; the ones who think they're entitled to everything just because they have money and power. People like that practically deserve to be cut down.


I suppose not all of them are like that, but there's no easy way to cast judgements just by looking at a ship from afar. Guess we'll have to take our chances.

I wonder if I should check on...Nah. Toshirou's probably fine.

Unbelievable. I'd almost be grateful that for once Vohemar wasn't choosing to demonize Ivona for everything that's wrong in the world, but this is even worse and utterly uncalled for. In the one instance I know of when the found the culprit for one of the ship bombings, he was human. They can't even get their facts straight, and yet they're probably going to get away with it because there's enough people who will believe it. They want someone to blame, and why not point fingers at those who are different? It's easier than looking for the real culprit.

You'd think with an enemy out there who seems to be targeting all of us, we'd be looking for reasons to work together rather than fight amongst ourselves, but I guess there are people too busy finding ways to line their own pockets to think of that.

( [Private Message to Toshirou // Unhackable] )

[Filtered to Naoto]

Miss Naoto~! Are you still free to show me and my friend around town? Colvus is a lot more complicated than I thought it would be. I don't want to risk getting lost.

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[Filtered to Komachi]

Hey Komachi, I'm going out to get some ice cream with Miss Naoto. Do you wanna come?

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What happened in Melior that you haven't told me about yet?

Well I'm back! Captain, if you're still in need of a mechanic I'll be happy to get back to work as soon as possible, although...what's with these posters? Someone handed me one the moment I got into town. Did you lose someone?

Also, I have a few things for people! I'll drop them by your rooms once I get settled in again.

( Heihachi is bearing gifts for Hiruma, Penelo, Hijikata, Souji+Winry and the cooks. )

[Filtered to the Samurai of Kanna + Komachi // Difficult to Hack]

So...what did I miss? I want the whole story, in detail! I bet it wasn't boring while I was gone.

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Well thank you very much for the lift to the Badlands, but I'll be disembarking here. It was a pleasure working with you all.

[Filtered to Tear, Ryuuken, Ikkaku and the Disreputable Dog]

As busy as we've been, I wanted to thank you all for not hurting Toshirou too badly when he lost control, and I hope that you'll be able to forgive him for what happened.

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[Filtered to Shinjiro]

By the way, Shinjiro-san! I don't suppose I could have that recipe of yours for those liquor candies? It seems like something that could come in handy later.

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[Filtered to Rangiku]

It's a shame we didn't get more time to talk, Rangiku-san. I would have liked to get to know you better. Will you be staying on the Silvana for a while?

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[Filtered to Toshirou]

You're not too hungover to come say goodbye, are you?

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I spoke to Toshirou, and you might not want to wait too long before you do.

I'll have to agree with Captain Amasawa on this. Your sense of timing is pretty terrible.

Shiny new relationship meme is go! Post with your characters to hear what Heihachi thinks about them. As a bonus, Heihachi's very particular about how he addresses people. Some people get honoriffics, some people get a 'Miss' or a 'Mister', and some peole get nothing, which usually also depends on the relationship, so as a bonus you can have some ramblings on what name Heihachi happens to use for your character.

I've gained access to the armoury from the exterior of the ship. It looks like the bombing hit here pretty hard, probably got into their gun powder stores, but there's a couple of canons that still look like they're salvageable. If there's anyone with some muscle who’s free to give me a hand, we can cut a hole in the hull and have them lifted straight onto the Silvana.

There's also some bodies down here. The doors are still secure so I don't think any animals have gotten in. They must have died in either the explosion or the crash. With permission, I'd like to take what's left of them back to the ship so we can bury or burn them once we set down again.

Aren't you coming? I could really use your company.

[You can hear the engine humming in the background, though it sounds slightly uneven at the moment. There's also an intermittant dripping which you probably don't want to think too hard about. Heihachi sounds faintly horrified.]

I thought Ivanova was joking...

[In a louder, more firm voice] If anyone's got a weak stomach, I wouldn't come down here. In fact, I'd just avoid the engine room altogether until this gets cleaned up and we figure out what went wrong.

[Filtered to Toshirou // Hackable]

This goes double for you.

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[Private // Hackable]

We're going to need a lot of bags...and towels. Ugh.

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( Message to Kambei and Gorobei + Private Post. )

[Filtered to Alex Rowe and Susan Ivanova // Unhackable]

I hope this isn't too unusual, but I was wondering if you'd be willing to take me on as a passenger until you reach Garrettstown. I don't have much money, but I'm happy to work for my keep. I'm a mechanic with a fair amount of experience in airships and, no offence, but your ship kind of looks like it could use an extra hand with the repairs at the moment.

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[Private to Self // Hackable]

The ship is...moving? Uh oh.

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[Filtered to Komachi // Voice]

Komachi! Are there any weird robots crawling around where you are? Stay away if you see them, okay?

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[Filtered to Gorobei // Voice]

Change of plans. This robots problem is a lot worse than I thought it was and the Silvana's taking off. I'll try and catch up with you later, but will you be able to find Komachi on your own? She might be in danger.

Gorobei, these spider things target metal and try to steal it. I heard from someone on the crew here that they recycle it and use it to build larger versions of themselves.

...I'm starting to get a really bad feeling about what might have happened to Kikuchiyo.

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