Pairing: None yet.
For the purpose of: Science!
Dedicated to: Telophase's recap.
Disclaimer: Has not owned, does not own, and will not own Death Trance etc.; does own the mushrooms.
Ryuen never expected to be given an important mission. In fact, he suspected that he had been sent out to gather "…mushrooms… the special kind… somewhere in the forest," to keep him out of the way while the other monks decided what to do about him. They thought he was a weenie just because he didn't like the way the statues' eyes followed him when he walked by.
Upon his return (after deciding that 'mushrooms… the special kind' did not grow in the forest surrounding the Tougan Temple and perhaps the arch-bishop, in his great age and senility, had meant something else), he was mildly confused to find his fellow monks strewn unconscious among the statues. Or maybe dead, but if they were, he didn't want to touch them, and if they weren't, they'd probably wake up without his help.
Trailing his fingers along the walls he approached the inner sanctum. The dying arch-bishop's large white eyebrows frowned at him, as if to say, Where are the mushrooms? Ryuen was almost relieved when the arch-bishop harrumphed and jerked his chin towards the chains hanging about the sanctum.
Mildly confused, Ryuen suddenly noticed that the coffin that was usually to be found therein was gone! OH NOEZ! The arch-bishop gave him a wrapped up sword, told him not to be a weenie, and sent him to find the man with the coffin and stop him from opening it because opening the coffin would release the Goddess of Destruction, who would then destroy the world. Eventually, the eyebrows proved more intimidating than the prospect of hunting down the man who stole the coffin armed only with a staff, a wrapped sword, and facial tattoos.