[Day 8, Early Evening] Goshi on the Rocks... Er, Docks (expecting)

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"I see!..I'm uh, sorry, really. I think boating is great and I wouldn't want to take it away from anyone. Hiramee-sama's been showing me a little of how it's done."

Brightening
"Glad you got to spend that time with your dad though. But it sounds like you don't want to be harbour pilot-"
Some special kind of Mantis samurai?
"-Till your older? So, captain then?"

"Well, we're all s'posed t'be shootin' for the run of a ship, but... aye. Been trainin' on th'officer's track, so some level'a command is kinda... implied."

She sighed.

"I'd miss goin' aloft, though..."

[Suzume Rin]

"Well, we're all s'posed t'be shootin' for the run of a ship, but... aye. Been trainin' on th'officer's track, so some level'a command is kinda... implied."

She sighed.

"I'd miss goin' aloft, though..."

Rin's mind slowly translates

"You...ain't allowed to go up in the rigging if you're an officer? But that's the best place to yell orders and making speeches ain't it? Surely those are allowed? If they aren't...well as captain you decide what's allowed, right?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

Rin's mind slowly translates

"You...ain't allowed to go up in the rigging if you're an officer? But that's the best place to yell orders and making speeches ain't it? Surely those are allowed? If they aren't...well as captain you decide what's allowed, right?"

"Oh, y'can go up, but you shouldn't stay long. Cap'n responsible to th'whole ship, an' that means being where most'a th'crew can hear your orders. You sit in the crow's nest, you're away from most of th' ship."

Which was part of the appeal, but no matter.

"Generally, a trusted officer goes up, Cap'n stays on deck. Closer t'where most'a th'crew work."

[Suzume Rin]

"Oh, y'can go up, but you shouldn't stay long. Cap'n responsible to th'whole ship, an' that means being where most'a th'crew can hear your orders. You sit in the crow's nest, you're away from most of th' ship."

Which was part of the appeal, but no matter.

"Generally, a trusted officer goes up, Cap'n stays on deck. Closer t'where most'a th'crew work."

"So you sort of have to choose...captain, or going up?"
Her frown deepening

"That's hard, do you know which one it's gonna be?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"So you sort of have to choose...captain, or going up?"
Her frown deepening

"That's hard, do you know which one it's gonna be?"

That got a bit of a laugh.

"Live long enough without gettin' maimed or fuckin' up, and y'generally find yourself a skipper. I've only stood th' masthead watches I have 'cause'a my eyesight. An officer's meant t'have people for that."

[Suzume Rin]

That got a bit of a laugh.

"Live long enough without gettin' maimed or fuckin' up, and y'generally find yourself a skipper. I've only stood th' masthead watches I have 'cause'a my eyesight. An officer's meant t'have people for that."

Rin winces at the language, but nods.

"Well...no way 'round it then. Guess you're destined to be the famous captain Kasumi-sama, always looking up at the rigging and dreaming of lofty things. Folks gonna say 'there she is! The aloft captain! And maybe you'll get in some dramatic rigging to rigging battles with pirates every once in a while?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

Rin winces at the language, but nods.

"Well...no way 'round it then. Guess you're destined to be the famous captain Kasumi-sama, always looking up at the rigging and dreaming of lofty things. Folks gonna say 'there she is! The aloft captain! And maybe you'll get in some dramatic rigging to rigging battles with pirates every once in a while?"

Well, ask around, the Crane might say we are the pirates...

"Better aloft than aloof, I reckon... and how 'bout you? What's the future look like for th'only Sparrow I've ever met?""

[Suzume Rin]

Well, ask around, the Crane might say we are the pirates...

"Better aloft than aloof, I reckon... and how 'bout you? What's the future look like for th'only Sparrow I've ever met?""

"That..I dunno. Lotta people asked me that...probably since I asked them about their futures first. I mean...guardian of the plains is the logical option. Sorta what I've been trained to do, it's honourable and I reckon I could do it right."
Looking out over the water

"But...I mean I've met a lot of people here, people who are gonna go on to do great things. Some of them are gonna go onto the legions or they're gonna become sensei. It just gets me thinking...maybe I could do more? Dunno...magistrate or something?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"That..I dunno. Lotta people asked me that...probably since I asked them about their futures first. I mean...guardian of the plains is the logical option. Sorta what I've been trained to do, it's honourable and I reckon I could do it right."
Looking out over the water

"But...I mean I've met a lot of people here, people who are gonna go on to do great things. Some of them are gonna go onto the legions or they're gonna become sensei. It just gets me thinking...maybe I could do more? Dunno...magistrate or something?"

"Izzat somethin' you wanna do? Be a magistrate, I mean?"

[Suzume Rin]

"But...I mean I've met a lot of people here, people who are gonna go on to do great things. Some of them are gonna go onto the legions or they're gonna become sensei. It just gets me thinking...maybe I could do more? Dunno...magistrate or something?"

"Izzat somethin' you wanna do? Be a magistrate, I mean?"
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"Maybe? Magistrates help people, right? They got around and make sure the law's behind upheld. Sounds like a noble thing to be doing."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Maybe? Magistrates help people, right? They got around and make sure the law's behind upheld. Sounds like a noble thing to be doing."

Well, the good ones do.

"Y'know, I got a bit of a line on that... I mean, much as someone who's still legally a kid can..."

[Suzume Rin]

Well, the good ones do.

"Y'know, I got a bit of a line on that... I mean, much as someone who's still legally a kid can..."

"You do? I mean...not wanting to sound surprised, 'course someone like yourself would know things...but, you do?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"You do? I mean...not wanting to sound surprised, 'course someone like yourself would know things...but, you do?"

"Yeah. Helped Asahina-sama with some minor troubles of a legal nature. Five of us did, actually."

[Suzume Rin]

"Yeah. Helped Asahina-sama with some minor troubles of a legal nature. Five of us did, actually."

Rin's eyes widen, clearly extremely impressed
"Y'all did? So you got to be yoriki? Can..can I ask what happened? Didn't realise I was sitting new to a lawwoman"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

Rin's eyes widen, clearly extremely impressed
"Y'all did? So you got to be yoriki? Can..can I ask what happened? Didn't realise I was sitting next to a lawwoman"

"Nothin' 'bout yoriki yet, we're still children, legally. But first night we ere here, we tumbled to somethin' t'do with opium smugglin'. Asahina-sama asked us t'look into it- prob'ly as some kinda test, honestly, given th'circumstances."

[Suzume Rin]

"Nothin' 'bout yoriki yet, we're still children, legally. But first night we ere here, we tumbled to somethin' t'do with opium smugglin'. Asahina-sama asked us t'look into it- prob'ly as some kinda test, honestly, given th'circumstances."

Rin gasps
"Opium smuggling? In Tsuma? And you folk solved it? That's real impressive. Maybe you should be the one thinkin' 'bout becoming a magistrate?"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

Rin gasps
"Opium smuggling? In Tsuma? And you folk solved it? That's real impressive. Maybe you should be the one thinkin' 'bout becoming a magistrate?"

"Ain't sure what was put there fr'us t'find and what was genuine. But we did some legwork, an'seem to've made an impression."

A thought struck her. She giggled.

"Can y'see me rollin' up in a kobune wavin' my seal of office at people?"

[Suzume Rin]

"Ain't sure what was put there fr'us t'find and what was genuine. But we did some legwork, an'seem to've made an impression."

A thought struck her. She giggled.

"Can y'see me rollin' up in a kobune wavin' my seal of office at people?"

"Absolutely! You'd be the boat magistrate. People would be watching the land and then you'd just sail up on your boat and arrest 'em. They'd never suspect a thing. And even people on islands couldn't stop yah!"

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Absolutely! You'd be the boat magistrate. People would be watching the land and then you'd just sail up on your boat and arrest 'em. They'd never suspect a thing. And even people on islands couldn't stop yah!"

Unless my Clan Champion told me not to.

"On th'other hand, anyone wantin' t'lude mecould just head inland."

[Suzume Rin]

Unless my Clan Champion told me not to.

"On th'other hand, anyone wantin' t'lude mecould just head inland."

Dang! She was right!
"...You'd need a land magistrate partner. Between the two of you no-one could get away...unless they climbed a mountain or something."