Masaru walked to the shrine for the smaller fortunes with a small curiosity in his eyes. The place of worship in such a state of disrepair. It was at once interesting and a little sad to see what the city decided was unimportant.

He moved through the place seeing the shrines to various "lesser fortunes" and his expression was mostly flat. He himself was a bit of a contrast wearing his fine layers of silk in clan colors a few kimono in a gradient from brown to yellow. A charm of benten resting around his neck the Bard stood out among the disrepair of the shrine around him.

Shiba Haru found his was to the shrine and the sight of it brought pain to his eyes. a handful of clean rags clutched tightly in one hand he entered the place and offered a low bow. Noting that others were in attendance he quickly tucked the rags away in his sleeve.

Another young man appears in the shrine, this one openly making an effort to quickly going through the motions to give offerings to various fortunes. He then takes stock of the condition of the building and does a double take before looking out to the other two.

Kiriko approaches the shrine and makes her prayers to the lesser Fortunes, no less important for their lesser prominence. When she finally steps away, she found herself near a young man with red hair. It was an unexpected bright pop of color nearby, so her eyes were drawn. another look and there were others...

She bowed. "Good afternoon."

Masaru looked about at the surprisingly popular shrine, though it made sense if he was inclined to search out the forgotten places that others would be as well.

The Phoenix girl had ended up nearest him so his eyes drew to her first with a soft smile and his warm ber eyes meeting hers he bowed and turned to the others "It seems I am not the only one interested in these so called "lesser" fortunes." He said, his tone friendly and open as his eyes moved between those gathered.

"I suppose I can start introductions, this one is Kitsu Masaru it is a pleasure to meet you all."

"Isawa Kiriko. Pleased to meet you, Kitsu-san." She looked to the others before speaking any more.

Haru approached the gathering and placed himself near the Isawa before bowing to the group.

"I am Shiba Haru, it is an honor to meet you Kitsu-san, Ide-san. It is good to see you again Kiriko-san."

She smiled at him, nodding. "You, as well, Haru-san."

He bows to the others quickly. "I am Ide Yizhak."

"It is good to meet you both." he said looking to the Ide and Kitsu before casting his gaze about the dilapidated shrine. "Has concern brought all of you here as well?"

"Among other things, yes. It is common to give prayers to the fortunes, no? Might as well do what we can, I've got a broom."

Masaru bowed to the others as the introduced themselves he noted where people placed themselves and a brief, light smile touched his lips before disappearing as he regarded the shrine "I wouldn't say concern but curiosity at least. It seemed like an interesting place."

He looked at the shrine again "it is a shame it looks like it's been neglected."

Kiriko nodded. "Yes..." she looked at Haru. "We had noticed it earlier. We were talking about finding out if helping out would be acceptable."

Haru took a steadying break before speaking. "Yes, as children of the Phoenix we feel it is our duty to try and help this situation. Though we should confer with our hosts first."

Shiba Haru wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:44 am

Haru took a steadying break before speaking. "Yes, as children of the Phoenix we feel it is our duty to try and help this situation. Though we should confer with our hosts first."

"Then perhaps we should seek a monk to put us to work this evening?" He then looks around for a monk and directly asks in what ways can he help out this evening.

Ide Yizhak wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:51 pm

"Then perhaps we should seek a monk to put us to work this evening?" He then looks around for a monk and directly asks in what ways can he help out this evening.

"I wish to speak to our Crane hosts before doing something major, I do not wish to shame or offend them and I am finding it difficult to imagine how I will accomplish that. The Crane may very well have plans in motion already regarding this place."