Funegao no Hirame wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:40 am

Does that make sense? It's complicated, and a bit difficult to explain, and at least partially based on man-feelings. But that's my impression, anyway!

Just read this today and I couldn't help but crack up XD

Hail to the champion ;) Thanks for being an excellent duel partner OOC and IC. Rin feels she only made it into the finals because Aya pushed her to improve. Does Ikoma-sama still aim to be an honourable temple guard and follow in her family's footsteps? Thank you as well! RPing with Rin, sparring a...

Aya's confidence as she moves to stand at the podium is as solid as a flowing river. She... tries. She does her best, and keeps her on controlled - mostly. But her eyes keep wandering the room, looking from person from person among those she'd shared this week and a half with, from table to table, f...

Had fun times with Aya even if my posting was even slower than usual during this game. Wish I had had more chances to meet with and interact more in depth with more chars, but I had fun with what we got. And tbh... VERY surprised she won - especially since I didn't really expect to make it into the ...

Question here!

http://kiku.fallenash.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=571

The 'crack!' of the strike echoes throughout the small Sparrow's body as she feels her arm bend back unnaturally. 'Huh, that ain't good' And then she sees the ground rushing up. Day 10 Iaijutsu tournament vs Ikoma Aya Fitness/Void to resist a severity 6 crit, compromised | TN: 1 | Success: 0 / Oppo...

Just as the Sparrow's bokken jumps forward towards Aya, her right hand tightens on the hilt of her own bokken, and it flies up with ferocious speed. Did I actually get you this time, Suzume-san?? , is all that crosses her mind as her hand guides the bokken towards Rin's right side, her body instinct...

The half-step becomes a full step closer, and Aya's torso projects in the direction of her friend, as if she were ready to pounce. But she knows , despite her bold approach, that Rin's defences are too focused to be truly breached as she is now. So instead of an actual draw, which her experience and...

As Aya senses Rin's awareness of her movements, she takes a half-step closer, her eyes narrowing slightly and drawing Rin's in to hers..

OOC:
Round 2!
Aya means to switch to Fire stance... can she?

As Aya moves slightly closer to Rin, she moves her hand on the bokken's hilt slightly, leaving the wooden sword ready to fly at a moment's notice. Her aggressive stance backs down slightly, though, as if she expected Rin's own bokken to fly at her at a moment's notice too... OOC: Aya's turn round 1!...

The nod was returned, her expression peaceful and actually friendly. A blink, though, and the peaceful embers in her eyes are ablaze again, her stance shifting to the same aggressive prowl Rin had seen before, the Ikoma restlessly moving around the Sparrow as if testing her solid stance. "A great ho...

Natsuko follows with nothing in hand, but satchel bulging a bit with the collection of onigiri stuffed inside. She looks as cheery as her general lack of actual expression can. Perhaps there's some relaxation to muscles around the mouth and eyes giving that impression? "The possibilities around you...

Aya's way to the duelling this time was... unusual. Unusual, in that it was almost peaceful. Having spent lunch with Rin and the others who joined them, exchanging food, tea stories, songs and a generally pleasant time, she felt as if their way to the final was that of two friends. Or... two sisters...

"Oh just got lucky is all. Both Togashi-sama and Kitsu-sama were real fearsome, glad we were just using bokken. I bet your duels were much more exciting, pretty sure I heard the 'bonks' from my side." "Oh..." Hearing that as she starts to rub the tincture on to her ankle, she turns to Rin genuinely...

"Ikoma-sama!" Said Rin was hurrying over to Aya, sleeves flapping and...were those bean buns?...Where had she even? "Ikoma-sama!" Rin bows deeply "Don't you go running anywhere on that ankle now. I got buns here, and this really nice servant just up and asked if he could bring me food and I told hi...

Lunch break for Aya and (hopefully) Rin before the finals! In case anyone else wants to join

http://kiku.fallenash.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=563

Aya has been walking in much slowlier steps than usual since.... possibly since her duel with Hirame this morning. She's possibly not even aware of that - and if she is, she definitely couldn't quite put into words why. The... Emperor had come to see them. Crown Prince Sotorii had watched her first ...

It takes longer than usual for Aya to reach back to the ready position as she steps back - each step thick, almost as if her otherwise quick feet were melting into the ground. Her eyes kept shifting from one part of the duelling grid to another as she first bowed to Michi again, deeply and respectfu...

Aya moves in slow, graceful steps around Michi, almost as in a dance, her breathing soft for a change. A few seconds in, she feels , more than sees, what she thinks is slight hesitation in Michi's shifting stance. It's a hunch, more than anything else, but one she's quick to react to - swift as rive...

Will be afk for a few hours at least! Will be back for duel rolls and all later tonight or tomorrow.