[D1EE, Main Hall, Open] The first supper (Occasion)

[Moto Taka]

"It's quite common don't worry. When faced with a concept so alien that it doesn't make sense, such as the notion of anything except humans having feelings and the ability to communicate, people tend to shut down."

Sumire had another mouthful of rice.

"It's just how people who aren't attuned to the world are."

"Well, I'm happy to learn." Taka replies, rebounding somewhat. "If it's something you can show me. We'll add something else to our night our, perhaps?"

[Seppun Hibiki]

"I did not find what I had hoped for with the Agasha, but I enjoyed my time in the mountains. Hopefully, my time here will be as satisfying. But, only time will tell."

"If it's not impertinent," Ketsudan asks, "what took Seppun-sama to the Agasha lands?"

"My duties involve investigation and research of omens, portents and other spiritual matters. Officially, my visit was for research. However, I was also there for a consultation regarding my health." she admitted.

[Kitsuki Ketsudan]

"My duties involve investigation and research of omens, portents and other spiritual matters. Officially, my visit was for research. However, I was also there for a consultation regarding my health." she admitted.

Ketsudan nods.

"It is hoped that your research was fruitful," he says, avoiding the latter topic. It's an honor to be shown such a thing, and it would be shame to focus overmuch upon it. "Documentary research, or more observational?"

[Seppun Hibiki]

Ketsudan nods.

"It is hoped that your research was fruitful," he says, avoiding the latter topic. It's an honor to be shown such a thing, and it would be shame to focus overmuch upon it. "Documentary research, or more observational?"

"Documentary in that case." she replied. "I needed information from some oracular records the Agasha maintain."

[Kakita Sumire]

"Well, I'm happy to learn." Taka replies, rebounding somewhat. "If it's something you can show me. We'll add something else to our night our, perhaps?"

"Er..." Sumire looked at the man, really studying him with squinting eyes.

"I don't know...you might not have the ability to listen to the winds and contemplate its words. Can you sit in a river and hear the fish? Sit in a tree and talk with the eagles? It takes many many many years I hear."

[Moto Taka]

"Yeah...that's what I was afraid of." Taka shakes his head. "And even if I did but in the time, it's very likely I wouldn't have a knack for it. Fortunately, I've made a new friend." Now it's Taka's turn to 'boop' Sumire with his chopsticks. "Who can translate for me."

[Kakita Sumire]

"Yeah...that's what I was afraid of." Taka shakes his head. "And even if I did but in the time, it's very likely I wouldn't have a knack for it. Fortunately, I've made a new friend." Now it's Taka's turn to 'boop' Sumire with his chopsticks. "Who can translate for me."

Sumire sat back, blinking a few times.

"Translation services?"

She tutted, shaking her head and turning back to her food.

"They don't come cheap you know. I expect to be compensated in full, both me and the lovely horse."

[Moto Taka]

Sumire sat back, blinking a few times.

"Translation services?"

She tutted, shaking her head and turning back to her food.

"They don't come cheap you know. I expect to be compensated in full, both me and the lovely horse."

"Well, you get what you pay for." Taka pokes Sumire playfully once again. "And if there is one thing the Crane are famous for, it's that nothing they do is cheap and that it's worth every zeni. But be warned, I will try to get everything I can out of it."

[Kitsuki Ketsudan]

"Documentary in that case." she replied. "I needed information from some oracular records the Agasha maintain."

Ketsudan sips at his tea, nods.

"Seppun-sama is accomplished, then," he says. "Duties have shown no small amount of Agasha handwriting. It is," and he grins slightly, "singular."

[Kakita Sumire]

"Well, you get what you pay for." Taka pokes Sumire playfully once again. "And if there is one thing the Crane are famous for, it's that nothing they do is cheap and that it's worth every zeni. But be warned, I will try to get everything I can out of it."

"Every zeni? You sure it's not every koku?"

Sumire grinned.

"Not that I'm one to barter. I'll just say nothing and decide at the end what you feel my attention was worth. No pressure."

[Seppun Hibiki]

Ketsudan sips at his tea, nods.

"Seppun-sama is accomplished, then," he says. "Duties have shown no small amount of Agasha handwriting. It is," and he grins slightly, "singular."

"True." She grinned as well. "But, the reports are not as tediously verbose as some of what I've see from the Otomo."

[Kitsuki Ketsudan]

"True." She grinned as well. "But, the reports are not as tediously verbose as some of what I've see from the Otomo."

Ketsudan lifts his cup to cover a spreading smile.

"We might have to compare notes sometime," he says. "Much correspondence flows through the office where I have been stationed. Seppun-sama doubtlessly sees much, as well.

"And the occasional commentary on yams out of the Sparrow lands does show up now and again..."

[Moto Taka]

"Every zeni? You sure it's not every koku?"

Sumire grinned.

"Not that I'm one to barter. I'll just say nothing and decide at the end what you feel my attention was worth. No pressure."

"Well, with what we had planned, words wouldn't be necessary." Taka waits a beat. "Dancing and music, yes? "

[Seppun Hibiki]

Ketsudan lifts his cup to cover a spreading smile.

"We might have to compare notes sometime," he says. "Much correspondence flows through the office where I have been stationed. Seppun-sama doubtlessly sees much, as well.

"And the occasional commentary on yams out of the Sparrow lands does show up now and again..."

"Ah, the yams. I fear their healing properties have been overestimated." she sighed. ""Have you traveled much Kitsuki-san?"

[Kitsuki Ketsudan]

"Ah, the yams. I fear their healing properties have been overestimated." she sighed. ""Have you traveled much Kitsuki-san?"

"It shall be remembered," Ketsudan says. And, to answer the Seppun's question:

"Not outside the Kitsuki lands, no. The road to the dojo in the Mirumoto lands, and ranging out alongside it as needed. Some patrols in the area thereof. But mostly within the Kitsuki lands, until being sent here.

"Seppun-sama is more traveled, it seems. But that is only good sense, as her remit must necessarily cover more of the Empire."

[Kakita Sumire]

"Well, with what we had planned, words wouldn't be necessary." Taka waits a beat. "Dancing and music, yes? "

"No storytelling?" Sumire pouted "I suppose that'll have to do. It still sounds fun! I'll make sure my biwa is ready, I needed to change one string."

She looked over all the other samurai and others gathered.

"There's quite a few gathered here. I wonder why others decided to come? It's more than I expected."

[Moto Taka]

"Well, with what we had planned, words wouldn't be necessary." Taka waits a beat. "Dancing and music, yes? "

"No storytelling?" Sumire pouted "I suppose that'll have to do. It still sounds fun! I'll make sure my biwa is ready, I needed to change one string."

She looked over all the other samurai and others gathered.

"There's quite a few gathered here. I wonder why others decided to come? It's more than I expected."

"Hey, you're the one who claimed thet would stay silent" Taka teases back but looks over the crowd. "You're right. It seems far more people have applied than the monks expected. "

[Kakita Sumire]

"Hey, you're the one who claimed thet would stay silent" Taka teases back but looks over the crowd. "You're right. It seems far more people have applied than the monks expected. "

"Suppose I better learn how to tell shadow puppet stories" Sumire chuckled.

"Hmm....many different people from many different walks of life. What kind of people would you expect in a place like this though?"

[Seppun Hibiki]

"It shall be remembered," Ketsudan says. And, to answer the Seppun's question:

"Not outside the Kitsuki lands, no. The road to the dojo in the Mirumoto lands, and ranging out alongside it as needed. Some patrols in the area thereof. But mostly within the Kitsuki lands, until being sent here.

"Seppun-sama is more traveled, it seems. But that is only good sense, as her remit must necessarily cover more of the Empire."

"I have been very fortunate to have such opportunities." she said. "But,my travels have mostly been in the Northern Empire. There is much I haven't seen."

[Kitsuki Ketsudan]

"I have been very fortunate to have such opportunities." she said. "But,my travels have mostly been in the Northern Empire. There is much I haven't seen."

"Seppun-sama said the Agasha lands," Ketsudan prompts. "The other Dragon lands, as well? Phoenix? Unicorn? Or north in the sense of 'north of the Spine of the World?'"