(Note: There are other events in the other areas of the Academy, posted by other Crane PCs, this is not the single party thread.)

"Konichiwa, fellow competitors and welcome to one of three kite flying, um, competitions? today? to celebrate Kisshoten-no-Kami? Myself and my Crane cousins have invited you all here to enjoy the art of kite flying combat! Off to this side, um, here, you can choose your kite. The braided leads are lined with crushed glass closer to the um, kites? So be careful! You may choose to dye your braids in your clan colours, uh, if you want to!"
Incense burns at far corners of a massive long table, displaying a variety of kites are each weighed down with painted rocks.

"The object of this competition is to use your kite for an aerial assault against the other kites, using your sharpened braids to slice through the... other braids? And release the other, um, kites? ...Yeah."

A collection of 5-6 year old children sit on pillows nearby, giggling and playing with small simple toys. "These fine children are our kite runners! They're tasked with ...running? after the loosed kites and retrieving them."

Views throughout the rest of Tsuma toward the KDA will reveal the kites flying high in the air and their attacks can be seen above the training ground walls, dashing and diving with the assistance of the thankfully very windy day.

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Rules: You may make a single Games (Any) Skill Roll at TN 1. All who participate are awarded a piece of cherry blossom monaka.

The best kite flyer is judged in order of: Most Successes, Most Opportunities, Least Strife, Highest Status, Highest Glory, Highest Honor, First Poster.
The winner will receive four pieces of cherry blossom monaka.

This is a informal event, so feel free to chat, comment on others skill, and just enjoy yourself.

Kasumi looked at the kites.

Like little topsails.

Her kite flew, but nobody would ever confuse her technique with high art.

Still. It was fun.

And as a Mantis, she knew the wind pretty well.

[Go Fly a Kite! | TN: 1 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 3


Using one opp to mitigate strife, using the other water opp to effectively remove the other two.]

(Fluff later today hopefully!)

OOC:
D6 EA - Go fly a kite I; Games(0) /Water (3) TN1 | TN: 1 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1

2 sux, opp negates strife

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:16 pm

"Ohayo, Kasumi-san!" Sakura approached with a smile and bowed to the Mantis girl. "You're doing well! Thank the Kami the windy is providing much assistance today, yes?"

Ikoma Aya wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:30 pm

She also bowed to the other girl she did not recognize, "And... Ikoma-san?! You're doing great, as well! You've chosen a good kite for attacking!"

Urusai ventures outside and smiles as he sees who is present. Still smiling, he constructs his kite, sending it aloft--and doing decently well with it.

Something moves out of the corner of his eye, though, and he reels in the kite...

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Void/Games, TN 1, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/2839; passes at 2 sux, 2 opps, 1 strife

If Stance/Approach applies, spend opps to "Feel a chill down your spine, notice a sudden silence, or detect another sign of the supernatural if there is a spiritual disturbance in the scene. Extra [opp] gives an increasingly precise location for the supernatural occurrence."

If Stance/Approach does not apply, 1 opp to eat strife, 1 opp to get less-precise sign of the supernatural

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:42 pm

"Ohayo, Kasumi-san!" Sakura approached with a smile and bowed to the Mantis girl. "You're doing well! Thank the Kami the windy is providing much assistance today, yes?"

"Ah, Asahina-san, every day in Tsuma seems I'm doin' somethin' I'd never done before, but I think I'm gettin' th'hang of it."

She grinned and played out a bit of line.

"S'abit like lettin' a topsail get away from ya."

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:45 pm

Sakura grinned back, "As long as you can find something familiar in the unfamiliar, it can be considered a good day, yes?"

Her head tilted slightly at an ephemeral whistle, clearly designed to get her attention, and she looked from the Mantis' kite's antics to spot the Seppun, grin shifting to something different.

Seppun Urusai wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:33 pm

A spiritual disturbance was, indeed, an understatement, as Sakura's ghostly chaperone was still inflamed and shouting at the kites in the sky.

Take her down! Attack swiftly, cunningly, and without remorse! Dive, boy, DIVE!

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:51 pm

Sakura grinned back, "As long as you can find something familiar in the unfamiliar, it can be considered a good day, yes?"

Her head tilted slightly at an ephemeral whistle, clearly designed to get her attention, and she looked from the Mantis' kite's antics to spot the Seppun, grin shifting to something different.

Kasumi followed the Crane's glance.

And felt certain fiendish wheels turning in her mind.

"So. Who's th'handsome fella over there?"

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:08 pm

"So. Who's th'handsome fella over there?"

"A boy!" she basically squeaked, recalling the conversation with the Mantis girl the other day, Sakura flustered.

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:12 pm

"A boy!" she basically squeaked, recalling the conversation with the Mantis girl the other day, Sakura flustered.

"Yes, very good, but y'seem t'know this one. If y'don't remember his name, reckon I'll have t'introduce m'self."

She batted her eyes at the Asahina.

"Unless you object, a'course?"

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:16 pm

"Why, um, why would I, object?" her brow creased in confusion. "That's um, Seppun Urusai-sama?"

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:21 pm

"Why, um, why would I, object?" her brow creased in confusion. "That's um, Seppun Urusai-sama?"

"I dunno, why would you?"

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:44 pm

"Uh! Seppun-sama can talk to whoever he likes!" she sputtered!

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:46 pm

"Uh! Seppun-sama can talk to whoever he likes!" she sputtered!

"An yet y'seem t'be gettin' agitated... d'you need some assistance, Asahina-san?"

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:57 pm

Where was her fan?!
"No! Um, I'm not agitated at all, Kasumi-san; it's not my intention, if you want to go introduce yourself, um, I have other things I need to attend to? So it's no bother to me at all!"

Asahina Sakura wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:12 pm

Where was her fan?!
"No! Um, I'm not agitated at all, Kasumi-san; it's not my intention, if you want to go introduce yourself, um, I have other things I need to attend to? So it's no bother to me at all!"

"Hm, lemme see... c'n ya hold my kite-string, Asahina-san?"

And then she was off.

Seppun Urusai wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:33 pm

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

"Pardon me, Seppun-sama, this one was wondering something..."

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:26 pm

"Pardon me, Seppun-sama, this one was wondering something..."

"Ah, yes," Urusai responds just as he's gotten the kite-string coiled well. "Kasumi, daughter of the Mantis, was it not?"

Seppun Urusai wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:51 pm

"Ah, yes," Urusai responds just as he's gotten the kite-string coiled well. "Kasumi, daughter of the Mantis, was it not?"

"Asahina-san seems a mite flsutered. Could be my rustic mannerisms... I was wonderin' if you'd go make sure she's all right?"

Yukikaze no Kasumi wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:55 pm

"Asahina-san seems a mite flsutered. Could be my rustic mannerisms... I was wonderin' if you'd go make sure she's all right?"

"Your concern is admirable," Urusai replies, nodding. "What were you discussing?" he adds, noting "I'd not want to poke a sore spot, if it could be avoided."

Seppun Urusai wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:42 pm

"Your concern is admirable," Urusai replies, nodding. "What were you discussing?" he adds, noting "I'd not want to poke a sore spot, if it could be avoided."

"Oh, just who we know 'round here. But I c'n be quite unpolished, as I'm sure Seppun-sama has noticed..."