Age of Succession, 7217 IC
Month of The Cherry Blossom
First Day of Spring
Early evening, just after sundown
Clear skies with a biting wind out of the northwest
Morimoto joins Takeru down on the dock and sees their strange new companions making their way down the gangplank. Krylok still seems rather weak and he leans on his spear like an an old man's walking stick. His 'associate,' clad in plain brown robes provided by the tengu, slithers up behind him, however, looking lithe & deadly as a viper. Takeru raises an eyebrow at the subtle feminine features barely concealed beneath the robe, but then he notices the stinger-tipped tail waving about just below the hem.
As Krylok walks by, he says, "follow Krylok," and motions to the others with one curled finger. He leads the minstrel and the ninja back towards the right foot of the colossal statue and the great stone pedestal on which it rests. Once the group is standing together before the leering demonic face, the tengu raises his spear into the air held horizontally in both hands. Then he lowers it and sinks to his knees (with some effort & discomfort). With the spear held out in front of him now, he bows down on the worn patch of ground and says, "bid your humble servant Krylok enter, great Iron Emperor and lord of the Jade Throne..."
As before nothing at all seems to happen.
The tengu rises and says in a low voice, "follow close behind Krylok. It won't stay open very long. And be ready... we will be expected."
With that, Krylok turns and walks straight towards the blank stone wall, his bizarre 'pet' close on his heels. Just when the tengu's beak should smack right into solid stone, he passes right through the wall as though it weren't even there. The strange robed creature follows him and disappears into the pedestal in a similar way.
Then all is quiet.
