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QUEST 2: “You Have Potential”                                         GANRYU YAKAMA

         Requirements: 5 Affiliation Points                      How are you studies?  Are there any questions you
                                                                    may have about the questions or information?
         NPC Characters of Contact
                                                                   Ganryu Yakama joins the PC(s) in a display of
            -Ganryu Yakama                                      gentleness and kindness rarely displayed by the old

            -Yakama District Thief                              master.
         Properties                                                            GAN RYU YAKAMA

            -Yakama Compound                                      To ensure success, we will have a pretest; a quiz.
            -Yakama District                                    GM NOTE: Using both the study guide and the Offi-
         Environment                                            cial Yakama Hanakotoba Test Questions, explain any
                                                                incorrect answers the PC(s) deliver.
            -Tohoku Prefecture, Akita; 76°
                                                                               GANRYU YAKAMA
         Summary
                                                                    Question number one: What is Hanakotoba?
            Ganryu Yakama has since given the PC(s) their        GM NOTE: See Official Yakama Hanakotoba Test
         study guide.  They’ve had time to study, and are not               Question #1 for explanation.
         quite ready to test.  However, after a chance encoun-   Question number two: True or False, Ume flowers
         ter to ask Ganryu Yakama some questions, the study                are used to make plumb wine.
         guide is stolen, and the PC(s) must get it back in order   GM NOTE: See Official Yakama Hanakotoba Test
         to prepare to become Members of the Yakama dojo.                  Question #45 for explanation.

         PART 1     “A Chance Encounter”                        Question number three: What is the difference in the
                                                                     Hanakotoba between Suiren and Rabenda?
         Location: Yakama District                               GM NOTE: See Official Yakama Hanakotoba Test
                                                                            Question #6 for explanation.
         GM NOTE: Only play this quest after the PC(s)
         claim they are ready to take the test.                    After Ganryu Yakama’s final explanation of the
                                                                questions, his sternness returns to his brow as he rises
         GM NOTE: Allow the PC(s) to declare where they         to leave the group.
         have decided to study on this day.
                                                                               GANRYU YAKAMA
            The PC(s) have found a favorable location in the     This is exactly what your test will be.  Though this
         Yakama District on a very nice spring day to sit and    task may seem daunting, always remember this: ‘In
         study the papers Ganryu Yakama has given them, in      the struggle between the stone and the water, in time,
                                                                                  the water wins’.
         order to prepare for their future membership exam.
                                                                   With that statement Ganryu Yakama walks away
            The PC(s) have been able to drown out the sights    from the group.
         and sounds of the area and buckle down.
                                                                GM NOTE: Ganryu Yakama is no longer available.
         GM NOTE: Allow the PC(s) an opportunity to study
         the material.                                          PART 2    “Stolen Property”
            As the PC(s) soak up the information it the pack-   Location: Yakama District
         et, a voice addresses the from behind.                    The PC(s) have concluded their studies for the
                                                                day, and are moving on to their next destination.
                        GANRYU YAKAMA
         I presume the information provided is elementary for   GM NOTE: Allow the PC(s) to declare where they
           those with your astute knowledge of Hanakotoba.      have decided to study on this day.

            The PC(s) turn and see Master Ganryu Yakama            As they walk. The sun is setting casting what
         silhouetted by the sunlight shinnig behind him.  De-   looks like intimidating or ominous shadows that
         spite his figure being completely blacked out, his eyes   would allow for an unfortunate encounter across their
         beam with the confidence of mastery.                   path.

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