D7 | MM | Sweat Up | Clan Housings

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"It certainly does make you wonder sometimes, doesn't it..." Kotori mused quietly as much to herself as Ichitaiyo as they walked. "What if...?"

It was a question in itself, more than an infinished sentence and it weighed heavy upon the... What if...

There were too many answers, too many possibilities.

What if.

What if what.

Ichitaiyo paused, thinking for a couple seconds, trying to think what did fill the sentence. A pass? An alliance? An hypothetical story?

The fact her mind couldn't fill it felt like a curling pang of hunger on her gut, driving up a need to know.

She shot for the wild guess, disbalance and see where the weight falls.

"What if.. you moved in here?"

[Soshi Kotori]

What if.

What if what.

Ichitaiyo paused, thinking for a couple seconds, trying to think what did fill the sentence. A pass? An alliance? An hypothetical story?

The fact her mind couldn't fill it felt like a curling pang of hunger on her gut, driving up a need to know.

She shot for the wild guess, disbalance and see where the weight falls.

"What if.. you moved in here?"

"Moved here?" Kotori asked, nonchalantly. "Im not sure my hair is made for this kind of humidity..."

If she had enough business interests here - perhaps? It'd be a nice reprieve from the server rooms of the network...

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"Moved here?" Kotori asked, nonchalantly. "Im not sure my hair is made for this kind of humidity..."

If she had enough business interests here - perhaps? It'd be a nice reprieve from the server rooms of the network...

"I like your curls for what it is worth. Not conventional, unique. I wouldn't complain to see them less straight." Ichitaiyo offered with a smile, despite not quite getting the information she wanted to sate her curiosity.

"But what were you going to ask?" What if?"

[Soshi Kotori]

"I like your curls for what it is worth. Not conventional, unique. I wouldn't complain to see them less straight." Ichitaiyo offered with a smile, despite not quite getting the information she wanted to sate her curiosity.

"But what were you going to ask?" What if?"

"It was more of a hypothetical question. If I were to name all the variables there would simply be too many questions. But I suppose it was generally around aiming for your ambitions and the feeling of uncertainty around it. That it can be hard to take those leaps, to reach for those goals. But what if... you did?" She gave a little shrug. "Sorry, it was a little vague wasn't it?"

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"It was more of a hypothetical question. If I were to name all the variables there would simply be too many questions. But I suppose it was generally around aiming for your ambitions and the feeling of uncertainty around it. That it can be hard to take those leaps, to reach for those goals. But what if... you did?" She gave a little shrug. "Sorry, it was a little vague wasn't it?"

"Then, I'd start living again."

Poignant, heavy, yet, supported into a embering hope that tinged the slate of her eyes orange with life.

"I don't need to be a Daimyo, nor a Emerald Magistrate. I want to do work that makes me proud, that is all. Then.. I'd take life as it comes. My lineage and name are stained, so no expectations are set upon me, which means I do have the freedom to decide on what I desire. All as long I shed the collar of my current Lord."

[Soshi Kotori]

"Then, I'd start living again."

Poignant, heavy, yet, supported into a embering hope that tinged the slate of her eyes orange with life.

"I don't need to be a Daimyo, nor a Emerald Magistrate. I want to do work that makes me proud, that is all. Then.. I'd take life as it comes. My lineage and name are stained, so no expectations are set upon me, which means I do have the freedom to decide on what I desire. All as long I shed the collar of my current Lord."

Kotori inclined her head curiously, but she didn't ask for clarification. Afterall, she was a Scorpion.

"Being an underachiever has allowed me similar freedom, admittedly. I'm only here because they couldn't find someone better."

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

Kotori inclined her head curiously, but she didn't ask for clarification. Afterall, she was a Scorpion.

"Being an unexercised has slowed me similar freedom, admittedly. I'm only here because they couldn't find someone better."

"Well, I can't imagine anyone better than you to come along with at this Ochidama shindig." Ichotaiyo offered in countercompliment, taking the words and suplexing them.

[Soshi Kotori]

"Well, I can't imagine anyone better than you to come along with at this Ochidama shindig." Ichotaiyo offered in countercompliment, taking the words and suplexing them.

"Ha." Kotori exhaled in a brief, almost laugh. "You say that now, but you may very well change your mind."

Kotori had never been one for sports, let alone team sports. She lacked endurance, and while she was agile that was about where the list of positives ended.

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"Ha." Kotori exhaled in a brief, almost laugh. "You say that now, but you may very well change your mind."

Kotori had never been one for sports, let alone team sports. She lacked endurance, and while she was agile that was about where the list of positives ended.

"Not about winning, but having some fun. We can be losers together." The relaxed investigator offered.

[Soshi Kotori]

"Not about winning, but having some fun. We can be losers together." The relaxed investigator offered.

"Fun, fun fun." Kotori laughs, "I swear everyone here is obsessed with having fun, and letting their hair down, and having a good time."


"At the most it's a working[/] holiday" Her laughter fades into a gentle sigh.

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"Fun, fun fun." Kotori laughs, "I swear everyone here is obsessed with having fun, and letting their hair down, and having a good time."


"At the most it's a working holiday" Her laughter fades into a gentle sigh.

Ichitaiyo shrugged and sighed. "Well, in my case being, it is the first time I have had to rest since my gempukku, so I'm taking it."

And notches her energy down to match Kotori's. "I just.. feel a time like this will never happen again to me. If I hunker down and put my nose to the grind.. I will never have my chance."

[Soshi Kotori]

Ichitaiyo shrugged and sighed. "Well, in my case being, it is the first time I have had to rest since my gempukku, so I'm taking it."

And notches her energy down to match Kotori's. "I just.. feel a time like this will never happen again to me. If I hunker down and put my nose to the grind.. I will never have my chance."

Kotori shuddered at the thought of her own Gempukku...

"What if you end up with business interests here? Perhaps you'd find some semblance of balance, no? You know, all the sun... and sand... and humidity... and business opportunities..."

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

Kotori shuddered at the thought of her own Gempukku...

"What if you end up with business interests here? Perhaps you'd find some semblance of balance, no? You know, all the sun... and sand... and humidity... and business opportunities..."

"It is my goal. However, I believe my Lord would prevent that." Ichitaiyo confessed. "Hateful woman. Long story short, my father, well esteemed and renowned, decided to 'squander' his social capital by marrying my mother, a heimin, may both rest their souls. But that means that in the eyes of my Lord, I don't truly have a claim to my station, and thus, I am to be treated as disposable a samurai can be."

"I no longer believe I am disposable, and I want to amend my situation."

[Soshi Kotori]

"It is my goal. However, I believe my Lord would prevent that." Ichitaiyo confessed. "Hateful woman. Long story short, my father, well esteemed and renowned, decided to 'squander' his social capital by marrying my mother, a heimin, may both rest their souls. But that means that in the eyes of my Lord, I don't truly have a claim to my station, and thus, I am to be treated as disposable a samurai can be."

"I no longer believe I am disposable, and I want to amend my situation."

Kotori's pace slowed slightly and she glanced towards Ichitaiyo, enough to slow their pace. Then she turned her gaze ahead, and she fixed her pace toward whatever destination they were searching for.

"And you seek to... rectify such a situation...?" She asked tentatively.

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"It is my goal. However, I believe my Lord would prevent that." Ichitaiyo confessed. "Hateful woman. Long story short, my father, well esteemed and renowned, decided to 'squander' his social capital by marrying my mother, a heimin, may both rest their souls. But that means that in the eyes of my Lord, I don't truly have a claim to my station, and thus, I am to be treated as disposable a samurai can be."

"I no longer believe I am disposable, and I want to amend my situation."

Kotori's pace slowed slightly and she glanced towards Ichitaiyo, enough to slow their pace. Then she turned her gaze ahead, and she fixed her pace toward whatever destination they were searching for.

"And you seek to... rectify such a situation...?" She asked tentatively.

"Yes. And Nakahama might provide the social capital I might need for such task." Ichitaiyo responded, stopping before a store, letting her face harden a little. "Also might be the last chance I have for a good thing before things go awry."

She let an assessing gaze fall upon Kotori, to read the reaction. A Kitsuki's perception against a Scorpion's mask.

[Soshi Kotori]

"Yes. And Nakahama might provide the social capital I might need for such task." Ichitaiyo responded, stopping before a store, letting her face harden a little. "Also might be the last chance I have for a good thing before things go awry."

She let an assessing gaze fall upon Kotori, to read the reaction. A Kitsuki's perception against a Scorpion's mask.

"There are many ways to solve problems..." Kotori just smiles behind her veil. "Before or after they go awry."

Her eyes wonder to Ichitaiyo and then to the shopfront.

"You can nip it at the bud, or simply build to greater heights... there are many paths..."

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"There are many ways to solve problems..." Kotori just smiles behind her veil. "Before or after they go awry."

Her eyes wonder to Ichitaiyo and then to the shopfront.

"You can nip it at the bud, or simply build to greater heights... there are many paths..."

"Indeed, and by the end of this, the tree I've planted in nearby soil should allow me to climb over the fence." Ichitaiyo painted rather cryptically before turning back to gaze upon the store.

One, when did they walk into the heimin shopping district?

Two, how did this call itself a clothing store, when the swimming pieces at display barely had covering fabric? Exposing midriffs, hip dips, cleavages, it was a dispensary of scandal!

[Soshi Kotori]

"Indeed, and by the end of this, the tree I've planted in nearby soil should allow me to climb over the fence." Ichitaiyo painted rather cryptically before turning back to gaze upon the store.

One, when did they walk into the heimin shopping district?

Two, how did this call itself a clothing store, when the swimming pieces at display barely had covering fabric? Exposing midriffs, hip dips, cleavages, it was a dispensary of scandal!

The metaphors at least partially went straight over Kotori's head, brows furrowing slightly. She wasn't quite sure what tree she'd planted and where exactly the soil was. It was obvious she was plotting though, and for now that was good enough.

Kotori stared at the window of the store curiously.

"Is this what the heimin are wearing these days?" she asked quietly.

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

"Indeed, and by the end of this, the tree I've planted in nearby soil should allow me to climb over the fence." Ichitaiyo painted rather cryptically before turning back to gaze upon the store.

One, when did they walk into the heimin shopping district?

Two, how did this call itself a clothing store, when the swimming pieces at display barely had covering fabric? Exposing midriffs, hip dips, cleavages, it was a dispensary of scandal!

The metaphors at least partially went straight over Kotori's head, brows furrowing slightly. She wasn't quite sure what tree she'd planted and where exactly the soil was. It was obvious she was plotting though, and for now that was good enough.

Kotori stared at the window of the store curiously.

"Is this what the heimin are wearing these days?" she asked quietly.

"I'd say this is a store whose fashion stands in protest of the Doji's stances of taste. Samurai fashionistas work quite hard to keep these away from 'proper' venues of fashion commerce, but I bet you than more than a piece there has been designed by Samurai hands."

Ichitaiyo said, as if ellaborating a Grand Story like an Ikoma.

"But today we let the weight of tradition off our shoulders. What do you say? I'm sure you look dazzling under all those veils and robes."

[Soshi Kotori]

"I'd say this is a store whose fashion stands in protest of the Doji's stances of taste. Samurai fashionistas work quite hard to keep these away from 'proper' venues of fashion commerce, but I bet you than more than a piece there has been designed by Samurai hands."

Ichitaiyo said, as if ellaborating a Grand Story like an Ikoma.

"But today we let the weight of tradition off our shoulders. What do you say? I'm sure you look dazzling under all those veils and robes."

"More pasty if anything." She jokes, seriously. "Perhaps if something compliments the veil... not everyone is as free as some of my peers interpretations of masks."