Dawn of a new day

Our adventurers, wary of the monotony of life, continued through their mundane routine with much angst and volatile zeal. Nostalgic minded of their days of quest and discovery, they decide to contact each other due to the geographic chiasm modernity had thrust upon them. With bonfires blazing and the smell of incense and piously burning flesh in the air, all heard the cry of these warriors. The cry for the need of adventure… the cry of the desperate heroes. And so they met again upon the steps of the great council of Milpitas waiting for fate to lend her generous bounty onto them. Fate, as is written, had already gathered her bounty and was soon to unleash it upon our unsuspecting heroes. She came in a bolt of thunder…. An e-mail if you will, "Kukizaki needs you once again……" And so the adventure began, as it has for countless generations. Mimicking the routines of ancestors long past or heroes continue their journey through life and embrace the challenge set before them with pride and fierce determination in their hearts. Nam and Richard's Japanese Odyssey… The Resurrection.

As Richard and Nam returned to the Richard clan homestead, they realized they had forgotten a crucial item in their preparations. They needed placards of conquest (Or business cards). Nam's placards had become outdated and Richard had left his placards in lands in the far south. So, at 2:00 in the morning before their journey they set out to Kinkos to get new placards made. There, the foolish reigned. No one at that time had the skill to create the placards necessary for the journey, so instead Richard and Nam had to improvise and use the limiting craftsmen ship that the shoppe provided and fashion the rest themselves. Many color copies and trials with the paper cutter later, replicas of the placards were made. And so they went home. Nam foolishly had forgotten to prepare. He had been busy moving his fortress from the North back to Milpitas and so many things were in disarray. So for hours he put what he could together for the journey. Tired and hungry he was finally prepared.

Poised for Danger, our heroes were ready.

Arrival

The journey was long and perrilous to Kukizaki. On arrival little time was there to rest, for the towns people. were anxious with grief. "You must find the Phylosopher Stoner!"

The Phylosopher Stone was a great emblem that showed the inner truth of the one who stood nearest it. It had awesome powers which had been protecting this agricultural hamlet for many eons. But, it had been taken mysteriously in the night. Our heroes, with new found determination announce that they will search out all of Japan for the stone and triumph over the evil that had taken it away.

Little Tim proclaiming... This ones for Kukizaki......

That night they feasted again and rested for their quest.

The council sat in dissolusion. Who would have taken the Phylosopher Stone? Nam meditated on this through the night to no avail. "We must go see the great oracle...." quoth Nam.

"The Oracle?," Quoth Richard....

"Yes.... The Chubby Mermaid will shed light on our clouded forsight. Too Disney Sea!"

At Disney Sea walked through the Temple of the Crystal Skull and fought off strange ape men.

Much Disney Action was revealed that day.

Finally they reached the Chambers of the Chubby Mermaid.

The Chubby Mermaid gave our heroes a long lecture about eating her Sea Animal Friends. Nam yawned at her chubbiness and then asked her his long awaited question. "Do you know who has taken the Phylosopher Stone?"

"My vision is enclear," she replied, "But go and speak with the robot people. They know everything... they can smell fear..."

Nam glanced at Richard with confusion. "The Robot People?"

Richard looked at him with grave seriousness..."I know of them... Come... to the aquarium!"

And so to the Aquarium they journeyed. Nam, still confused about who these robot people were, followed quite readily due to the fact that he was hungry and that there would be plenty of fish to be had at the aquarium.

But the Aquarium was protected by a band of ruthless musicians.

To gain passage into the aquarium, Richard devised a plan. He would challenge them to a sing off.

The song battle lasted into the night

But finally the Ruthless Musicians were defeated and things were OK.

The entered the aquarium and were awestruck by the beauty of the palace

Then Richard, with hands shaking, points afar.... "There... the robot people"

Nam looked intently in the direction Richard motions.... "Huh? A dolphin?

"You think it's a dolphin... but they are actually robot people!!" proclaimed Richard.

Suddenly, the dolphin spoke.... "You seak the Phylospher Stone? I will tell you where it may be.... go to Forbidden Caves.... eEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK."

And so to the Forbidden Caves they went. Many narrow passages they slipped though.

But then they reached the chasm within... a brilliant blue light surrounded them....

The Cave spoke, "I am the spirit of the cave... I took the phylosoher stone for I wanted to know my inner truth. But the truth it told me has grieved me... So I tossed it to the lands in the south."

"What did it tell you about yourself?" asked Richard....

The cave replied with sorrow...., "That I am just a hole in the ground..."

And so they searched toward the south...

It wasn't at the big buddha...

It wasn't at the castle...

This angered Richard so he tried to blow up things.

The journeying made everyone tired.

But finally after intense shopping it was found... The Phylospher Stone. Richard stood beside it and it told him is inner truth.

We returned the Stone to kukizaki and were treated as ancient gods

And the Kukizaki towns people rejoiced and lived happily ever after.