Chiaki didn't knew anything about horses or how to apply martial arts into them. She was, after all, an artisan, and her main focus was courtly She failed miserably on this part, having troubles with controlling her horse, and having no idea how to properly shoot a bow from one. ********************...

Yuji listened quietly to the ronin's words. "Most acceptable, Chiaki-san." he offered. He spared a hopeful glance towards the Dragon and the Lion, hoping the ronin's words would sudddenly inspire them to provide their own contributions. '' This one will be honored to hear what the other competitors...

"Ah, I leave that choice to you, Chiaki-san. Some have felt it best to capture the immediate moment, some have felt that further reflection is necessary to truly grasp the moment. But art can only be inspired, never compelled, so I let each participant handle it as they best see fit." he explained....

Yuji nodded. "My primary training is the way of the duelist, it is true." he answers. "But a samurai should be a master of both summer and winter. So I also have some training in the arts as well. As a matter of fact, I am working on a sort of final project for my studies at the academy. I am attem...

'' Might this one ask you a question, Kakita Yuji-sama?'' She asked politely. '' You don't need to answer if you don't want to, but this one is curious if you are trained in the art of the sword, as your main skillset? or you are part of the cadre of great artisans of your most honorable clan?'' The...

'' Indeed this one has been blessed this morning, thanks for asking, Kakita Yuji-sama.'' She nods, while bringing her fan up, opening in order to conceal half of her face features. '' Conversation would be indeed something that this one would welcome under such climate. This one has seen a few storm...

The ronin approached slowly to the two of them, and then bowed again, this time even lower. '' Kakita Yuji-sama, Togashi Shinko-sama. It is an honor to meet you here...'' She saidwith a respectful tone. '' This one hopes that Inari-no-kami has blessed you this morning?'' She asked politely to both o...

While Chiaki was not really trained in any of these topics, again, she tried her best. At first her model was not very good, in fact she had misread the blueprints and failed to produce the request by the same specifications. Moving on to the second task, about medicine and battle injuries, she did ...

In her usual demeanor, trying to keep her On no matter the environmental circumstances, Chiaki goes to the temple of Amaterasu in order to offer her morning prayers to the Kami. She was wearing her usual, high end kimono, and was carrying her fan on her left hand. As she entered the temple, she bowe...

'' Ikebana is something that i truly like, and in a way this one considers it as her first choice when it comes to artistic expressions and creations, but i wouldn't say it is the only thing that this one has devoted to...'' She explained to the Kakita. '' There are many ways to express the same typ...

Chiaki had never been on a ship, but somehow it was clear that she had at least a notion of how the life aboard could be? It was not very clear but she seems to had at least a marginal knowledge about them. Perhaps due to having living on ports at some part of her life, one might think. She seemed t...

Chiaki nods to every word that Ahiru says. The ronin and the Crane seem to be equally devoted to the art of ikebana. '' Hai, well, one could argue that the portray of emotions through ikebana is on itself, a sort of song or poem . All of them have the same effect on people, although you are absolute...

'' Indeed a wish to win. Or at least that is what this one is aiming for, although as this one understands, this tournament might be more focused on the figthing aspects of what a samurai should be?'' The ronin replied to her question. '' Although i was taught how the art of the sword, this one's fo...

Chiaki grabbed her fan and opened it, gently, to cover half her face. '' Kakita Ahiru-sama is too gentle and courteous, it mades this one happy to hear such words.'' She was sincere. '' Indeed Kakita Ahiru-sama is not wrong in her perception of most people like me, but, it is also true that there ar...

'' It is an honor to met you Kakita Ahiru-sama, daughter of Kakita Takeshi-sama and Kakita Sayomi-sama.'' Chiaki bowed again after the formal introduction came. The ronin complied and accepted the invitation that the Crane was offering, still when she sat down, in perfect seiza, she tried to at leas...

Chiaki noticed that one of the participants, the one that went by the name of Kakita Ahiru, was nearby and she was waving at her to approach. Of course the ronin had heard some fact about the rest of the participants and she suspected that Ahiru was a kuge, or coming from an important family line. S...

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On the garden, LA D1

Chiaki had heard of the skill and care that the Crane offered to their gardens and she wanted to see for herself. As a person that was enthusiast about plants and other artistic arrangements, she was eager to walk around the tended nature. And she was not disappointed of course, the subtle artistic ...

Chiaki was not particularly strong nor was she trained for such physical test, yet she was here to try her absolute best. And indeed she did just fine. First she tried to just lift the ball and even though it was extremely heavy for her, she actually managed to do it, although she had to put extreme...

Chiaki covered her features again with her fan, leaving only her eyes to be visible. '' Perhaps then this one should keep her current name, Jiro-sama seems to have a high opinion of such name.'' She replied to him. '' But we will see, perhaps something even closer to reference the stars could be, ne...