>OK then, we'll deal with the scar later. We have an appointment to attend to.
>Ascend the mountain.
> You figure the sky can wait.
> You fly up the mountain, past the submerged forest, and the kappa and their merry-making. You go past the waterfall and over the tengu village. As usual, the trees here are so large you can't even see past the walls. You can see, however, the occasional tengu going back and forth over the walls. A few more seem to be standing guard a good distance from this area. Most likely intercepting people who get too close, you imagine.
> Somewhere near the tengu village, you see a shrine. It looks like it's pretty well-kept, and there are even people there, indicating that it's an active shrine. Youkai, you assume, are its patrons; very few humans ever get this far up the mountain.
> You leave all this behind, and eventually the Moriya Shrine is in sight. From this high up, the view is staggering.
> _