Would have liked to talk more. Taura finds the Lions quite interesting. Same, honestly. I had fun RPing with everyone i had threads with. It was tough sometimes to maintain the level of distance while getting ideas across, because language becomes very different. it was nice to see how everyone too...

Biggest curveball the game threw you? Biggest curveball Michi threw you? Biggest missed opportunity for you in this game? Favorite scene in this game? The only curveball the game itself threw me wouldn't be worth talking about, unfortunately. With my character in particular, it was becoming friends...

Thanks to everyone who posted with me. I had some nice threads, but less time on this one.

The Akodo viewed the duel with less interest than she imagined she would have. This was just another stop to her, after she would go home. Aya winning felt proper, she was clearly the better duelist or the two. She felt pity for them both, however. This moment would soon be over, and this meeting of...

The tension had been high, but Michi was used to that. She had trained countless duels at the dojo, many in row. This was not new. Despite her preparations, and her tactical assertion of how the duel would go, knowing Aya would require an uncomfortable risk to seek victory, such assurance was not en...

Turning around the Akodo returned Jun's bow respectfully. "You have done me a great honor, Kitsuki-san, and I am grateful. Thank you for the match."

Michi was waiting for the Ikoma as she approached. The bow was returned, very deeply, as she had respect for the other Lion's efforts. Her bow to Toshimoko was as it had been previously. "Our way is by the sword, we shall both speak through it, Ikoma-san." She knew Lord Tutori was watching. She woul...

After her duel, the Lion passed by where his imperial highness had watched the duel. She stopped and bowed low for several heartbeats, her neck well presented to her liege, the Emperor of Rokugan. She held her spirit still, demanded her body obey in kind. She could be dismissed, but it was important...

Putting precision into her stroke, Michi's bokken went under Jun's guard swiftly. Though she was careful to only apply what was needed for the task. the blow was swift and sharp, but not truly savage. The wooden weapon cracked like a whip off the Kitsuki's ribs as Michi stepped past him. OOC D10 Due...

Jun's stance shifted again, and for a moment it appeared as though the Akodo would proceed on the offensive. The Kitsuki's bokken flew out however, yet it did not have the edge required to be a telling blow. The Lion's eyes met Jun's in that moment, and she winked at him, telling him a tale that fat...

Shinko is oblivious to any lapse in protocol, her excitement too great. "I'll say that a the obstacle course was alright...but it was the chance to hold a blade again that lit my soul. But your work on that" Shinko kisses the tips of her fingers. "It was a work of art" "As you say, Togashi-san", th...

With a steady exhale, the Lion's stance became grounded and their bokken came to hand in a ready defense. She had baited, but the Kitsuki proved as wise as she had hoped.

OOC
Earth Stance
Action: ready weapon
1 strife from staredown.
11/12 composure
10/10 endurance
1 void

The young Lion approached and took her place across from Jun. She followed suit with bowing to Toshimoko, and then to her opponent. Her head was clear, any outcome was acceptable as this Kitsuki seemed an honorable sort. "Kitsuki-san, let us honor our ancestors", she responded, then took her stance,...

Michi took the Emperor's words well and sat up as commanded. Took the words well, as it was expected of her. There was no doubt in her mind her Lord was fortunate to have her. Was she special though? Certainly not. She was what was required. A sword against evil, a life lived with justice. A require...

She nodded stoically, taking in the idea of it. "A useful tool", she said. "My clan teaches a similar idea, but in a different use. To learn about or enemy so that we can read their mood through the actions of their forces. One may read desperation or confidence depending on a formation, or the amou...

Michi stood from her seat, then knelt. It was the only thing to do.

Bushido teaches how to burn it down. No need to be so flamboyant.

"Perhaps so", she mused and held the bokken down. "Is that not normal by the words I said a moment ago?"

Shinko sighs and shakes her head as Kasumi leaves, but her attention turns then to another. I gave it my absolute best there. I think every bounce I could have asked for went my way. And still... The sight of Michi and Aya's dummies remained in Shinko's mind. It was slight, barely perceptable...but...

"We all appear as things we are not, because we act according to how we must", Michi replied. "That is intrinsic to being a samurai, Shosuro-san." The Lion halted her kata and regarded the Scorpion curiously. "What are you seeking from this conversation? I cannot imagine you do not know these things."