Hrm...[RE: The Dragon Clan novel]

[Paul Jacoby]

> > Hello my brothers !
>
> Hi Paul! :)

Hey Don !

<iai snip>
> How...odd.  It appears we have been combined into one personage, as that's
> been my name since my indoctrination into the game.  I'm suddenly very
> disappointed.  It's clear that she meant the character for you but
confused
> my name with yours.

Odd indeed. I am really sad that it pains you so. But I sure can relate to
you sorrow. If that can ease the pain, I can't think of a greater honor than
to have been combined with the Dragon Clan Standard Bearer. Will you do me
the honor of letting me retain the name in the Gold arc ? I suppose your
Shiyando must be as old as my Shiryu in Gold. I might even suggest you a new
name for your Gold character, the name I was planning for my Gold one :
Mirumoto Seijun. (which means "purity"). that way we can share a link in the
Gold arc. I know I surely would be proud to. Of course if you don't feel
comfortable with me taking the Shiyando name, I sure would understand ^_^

> This seems to be a bit of a trend with me.  I submitted a description for
> Unexpected Allies (which obviously didn't make the cut) only to find a
> nearly identical character description in the Dragon Clan Clan War
expansion
> (for Mirumoto Bujun, our own Jim Callahan).  Following that I was told
that
> my entire character would be put in Otosan Uchi and my excitement/elation
> rose...only to rush out and buy it to find I had been editted out of the
> boxed set.  Finally I was told that I'd make my long awaited (by me,
anyway)
> appearance in The Secrets of the Dragon Clan (part of a series of
additional
> clan resources for the RPG)...which no one seems to know if will ever be
> released.  :(

It is really a sad story, my brother....

> > PS : for those of you who are interested, and I know Josh surely will
^_^,
> > our kinsman Gofumin is in there also !
>
> Josh, in addition to everything else, was the winner of the final Hitomi
> Fan Club prize.  Ree offered a cameo in the novel to the author of the
HFCN
> submission judged to be the most enjoyable.  I winnowed the submissions
down
> to three and sent them in to Ree.  She selected Josh's story and thus
> Kitsuki (? - at least I think its a Kitsuki) Gofumin got to see print.  I
am
> sure he will be very pleased to see his inclusion.

Yup, Gofumin is a Kitsuki in this book !

> Please understand that I am very happy for Paul and Josh and I offer my
> sincerest (not in the Rokugani sense - in the *real* sense of the word)
> congratulations.  I'm just horribly disappointed in the turn of events,
> based, if nothing else, on dashed expectations and one thing I had going
> that I really liked...that character.  I think, then, it might be time for
a
> quest of my own...

I am really, really sorry Don. Ree is a great person and I'm sure she didn't
mean to hurt you.

> - Don

Paul "Mirumoto Shiryu"
Yokuni's Yojimbo
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