[HQ Ignorance] Scene 133: The Many Surprises of Hum Chang

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> Rikku didn't expect any reward. To place trust in his brother...hah! Fat
> chance. But Rikku had to get away from him. He had to regroup and
> formulate
> a plan to annihiliate his brother once and for all. But for now.....its
> duck hunting time!

With new clothes, and a his sharpened and polished sickle, Rikku is taken
out of the luxurious villa and past its walls into the bustling city that
is Hum Chang.

Taken into a huge jinrikisha, pulled by a giant, Rikku, his brother and
his entourage, are taken past the various buildings of the state with the
wide plazas, through the tightly packed markets with their throngs of
people, and to the outskirts of the city, where Rikku is returned with the
Fellowship.

Notably present is the Dragonewt, in the same form as he was previously,
albeit this time with a beaked colleague. Also present is the giant Kui
Hui, bearing a klanth-flail.

Alighting from the jinrikisha, Can Shu bows slightly to the party with his
never ending smirk. "So very gracious, my lovely brother, has made a
commitment to assist me. After all, it was under his choice that The
General of Puppetland was defeated, and the Wizard was victorious."

"I do wonder how this place will stand when I bring the Amethyst Dragon of
Greater Chaos to defeat the August Dragon. Oh, don't look so shocked. The
people hear are civilized, and if I come without immediate violence, there
is no doubt they will entertain me diplomatically. After all, I did fight
to protect them from the General - and with your help, to victory, eh? Now
all of "Puppetland" will be rightly mine, isn't that right Kui?"

The giant snorted. From the distance, a castle marches towards the
Fellowship.

"This castle is what remains of the General's Iron Fort. A strange thing,
designed to protect us from outsiders, but inhabited by the worst
cybernetic secrets of the Godlearners", boomed Kui.

The giant pauses looking at Rikku and his brother.

"But I understand originally designed by the Mostali. You had a noble
Mostal in your group, one Kalen Irohand, who sought to end the powers of
violence, Chaos, and war, in your distant lands. I have meditated on what
Yao Fune would do in this situation, and he spoke to me. He said, 'Kui,
give the castle to the Fellowship. I will be with you when Can Shu
attacks. But they have a long way to travel, and a mighty opponent.

So the castle is yours. We have another power to protect us. And good
Dragonewt, who has sided with people of peace? I give you this", handing
over the flail to the Seeker. Yao Fune's flail, made from two klanths of
your people. Use it defensively, it is believed that no weapon can bypass
this when it is used to parry and protect."

Beyond the corner legs of the castle, in the very centre of the stonework,
is a hole in the foundations. The giant nods as the Fellowship looks
towards this entrance.