Nakahama

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 12:19 am
What would a volcano lizard be doing in an onsen? (other than getting wrecked of course *mantis emoji*)

Agasha Sorato wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:00 pm Volcano lizards like heat. Usually hang around volcanic vents, located around/on Mt. Nakahama summit. Hot springs would be attractive.

Your lizard must have come down the mountain? No idea why. Once in the neighborhood, suspect onsen was a natural place for it (from lizard perspective only).

Ask locals if it's happened before? Now I'm curious.

Agasha Sorato wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:01 pm
Ask locals if it's happened before? Now I'm curious.

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:09 pm “Haiyo, Crab-san.”
Ochiba will chase the nearest Crab samurai.

“Has this happened before? And don’t even try dissembling on me.”

Hatoful GM wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:17 pm
The big Hida looked at her for a few moments.

"Yep."

If there was nothing else, he went back to work.

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:26 pm ”…well played! Okay, fair. I’ll buy you a beer if you can expand on that to at least include how often and if it’s been getting worse recently. A priest wants to know and if you don’t tell me you’ll get a whole bunch of forms and requests and it will be boring.”

Hatoful GM wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:37 pm
The Hida glowered. He could communicate in longer sentences, he just didn't like to.

"Not often. Not worse recently." Then he frowned. "Well... maybe. Hard to say. I don't keep track of volcano lizard attacks."

He waited, his expression sour.

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:21 pm “You have regular volcano lizard attacks and you don’t keep track of them?… why? Who does?”

Hatoful GM wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:42 pm
"I don't keep track of that, either." The Hida said. "But probably the Magistrates. Maybe it's in the public record. I just go where they tell me."

He looked up at the mountain, shrugging his heavy shoulders. "Don't know if I'd call it regular. But it happens. Can't get rid of all the danger without getting rid of the jungle. Don't want that." It wasn't quite clear who didn't want that. Maybe he spoke for the people.

Agasha Sorato wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:01 pm [ping

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:45 pm “Right, well I’ll ask some of the nerds to go look it up. Thanks I guess. And hey, I like the jungle too… full of carnivorous trees I hear, which is pretty sick.”

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:45 pm *beep!*

Agasha Sorato wrote: Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:12 pm With an effort, Sorato stops himself from chewing on his bubble tea straw while thinking this over.

Interesting. I might read up on this.

Thank you for the info. Glad you're okay!

After hitting send, another thought occurs and he adds,

Someone should build that onsen a bigger fence...?