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ELDER QUEST                                            He is holding a smoking pipe and looking into the
                                                                distance.  Without making eye contact with the group
          “A Child in Peril”                                    of PC(s) he asks:


         Requirements: Intermediate Level                                         TSUNO MOTO
         NPC Characters of Contact                                  What is the final tenant of the Bushido Code?
                                                                GM NOTE: If any of the PC(s) are able to answer
            -Tsuno Moto
                                                                this question, they may earn x2 Experience Points for
            -Kiyo Manata                                        the duration of this Elder Quest.

             -Reo (Kiko Tokunoki’s Son)                                           TSUNO MOTO

             -Ganglord                                            Character.  And what does that mean for you… as
                                                                           one who adheres to this code?
             -Gang Members
                                                                GM NOTE: If any of the PC(s) are able to answer
             -Cart Driver                                       this question, they may, again, earn x2 Points of Re-

             -Japanese Officers                                 nown for the duration of this Elder Quest.
         Properties                                                               TSUNO MOTO
                                                                It means that men should behave according to an ab-
            -Takashiro Compound
                                                                 solute moral standard, one that transcends logic. A
            -Takshiro District                                    man should know the difference between what is
                                                                 right, and what is wrong.  Finally, it is a man’s obli-
            -Geisha House                                        gation to teach children moral standards through the
                                                                             model of his own behavior.
            -Luxury House
                                                                Finally, Master Moto turns to face the group.
            -Abandoned Temple
                                                                                  TSUNO MOTO
         Environment
                                                                 As I continue my walk along the path of Bushido, I
             -Chugoku Prefecture, Hiroshima; 41°                am faced with many challenges.  The Takashiro take
                                                                in refugees all the time, yet we are forbade to engage
            -Chugoku Prefecture, Fukuyama; 43°                   in any type of relationship with the forlorn.  How do
                                                                         we deter what the heart longs for?
         Summary
                                                                  No matter, a troubling occurrence has transpired.
            The Takashiro are known for accepting refugee       The son of young Kiko Tokunoki, the woman I adore
         women who have children.  Master Tsuno Moto has        has gone missing, and I need to find him to bring him
                                                                back.  When she came to the Takashiro, she cried on
         recently accepted a refugee woman, and has been         my shoulder explaining that a vicious gang lord at-
         providing guidance to help her get back on her feet,    tempted to kidnap her and in the process murdered
         however, against the rules of the school, he has fallen   her husband leaving her a widow.  She escaped to our
                                                                  protection, but now believes this madman has fol-
         hopelessly in love with her.  Now, the woman’s child    lowed her here.  She mentioned that her son hasn’t
         has gone missing, the two of them are distraught over   learned of his father’s death, and has always wanted
         this happening.  The master is asking for both assis-  to find him to make the family whole again.  Because
         tance, and silence about the matter, until he can fig-  the gang is so large, I ask that you assist me in this
                                                                  matter, and should you do, upon completion I will
         ure out how to present this to his brothers of the en-  reward you handsomely.  If you so chose, gather your
         lightened path.                                          things and we will venture out, under the guise of
                                                                 training.  I do hate lying to my brothers, but Kiko is
         PART1     “No Intros Needed”                                  trusting me to bring her son back home.

         Location: Takashiro Compound
            As the PC(s) are walking through the Takashiro
         compound, they are stopped by Master Tsuno Moto,
         who is seemingly preoccupied with other thoughts.

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