Mokumokuren

The competitors will be dropped into what appears to be a traditional Japanese-style building, surrounded by sliding paper doors and walls. Going through one set of sliding doors will take you to an identical room, but unbeknownst to the group, at least one set of sliding walls is actually a Mokumokuren. These possessed walls will constantly shift their position within the structure, creating a labyrinth effect intent on keeping the competitors trapped within its walls for all eternity. The only way to identify which wall is a Mokumokuren and likely to trick you into taking a wrong path is to identify which walls have holes in the paper screens, which denote the presence of the yokai. Victory is attained by successfully navigating the labyrinth of living walls.

Hanbei wasn't used to celebrating achievements, after finally finishing with the mask task of the Oni on the other side of the festival and completing the Onna mask that she was rather proud of, she'd made her way to some of the shops further down in hopes of buying a couple of drinks and shouting some of the monk yokai while she was there. However, it seemed that although the drinks were light, sweet and tasted like candied fruit, the alcahol content of the peach wine was not something that she was ready to deal with as a child. Cradling her head she was sure that she had, had a great time with the wise old men, she could recall them all laughing and taking care of her, each and every one of them saintlike in their appearance, but where Henbei was now, she couldn't tell. Looking around the room it seemed that there were screens all around them... Moving over to one and opening it it seemed that there was then another room filled with similar screens. In the distance she could hear frantic voices not able to get out.




Looking out around him he would begin to move through the screens in an attempt to get closer to the voices, though the more screens he moved through the further some of them began to get, and soon enough as she opened one of the screens she could see the small slightly moist spot where she had woken up from due to the cold sweat she was emitting in her sleep due to the drinking. Thinking for a small while, Hanbei quickly managed to recover, looking back to notice that the way she had come had the doors closed once more, opening all four of them around her, it would seem they had all been closed... something was afoot here. And she could not help but wonder...

"Something's off."

It was a simple deal, and it seemed to work, several doors opened forming a path that led out of the estate to cheering people as it seemed that Hanbei had won the final trial, given tickets and hurried along he was informed that he was able to enter some kind of grand championship at the end of it all... it was just like nozomi had said! though all that was on the ninjas' mind was getting back what was hers. Going downtown and visiting the old monks that she had drunken with, she asked each of them all a favor for the drinks she had bought them last night. Not wanting to turn down a debt they all returned with the repair materials in hand. And over the next hour they replaced the holes in the paper screens as one by one the eyes disappeared. In the end, in a single room in the very center, the bracelet lay. They had returned what was hers, and Hanbei had kept her promise to the mokumokuren...

everyone won that day...