[D1 LA Open] Looking for wisdom

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Good that the different clans have different perspective in their superstitions. What are the animals you might think as bringer of bad luck?" He genuinely wondered.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

She chuckled.

"Mantis make our own luck. Putting bad fortune on some critter's just... silly."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Tell that to the sailor who ate the ningyo." He chuckled. "Just to be safe perhaps keep a small token to grant you luck."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Y'got something in mind, or just a broader general recommendation?"

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Right now, I have nothing to give Kasumi san, but by the end of this journey I will give you that token if you wish." He smiled.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"If ya like, Shiba-san, but don't put yourself out on my account."

She grinned.

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Not to worry, we have plenty of free time so it is no strain on this one." He nodded.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"And what should I get for you, then?"

She made a great show of stroking her chin.

"Learn a dirty song or two?"

[Shiba Kuroneko]

Kuroneko smiled brightly. "Something to sing to my furry friends in the forest." He then chuckled. "There is no need for me to have anything. Your friendship and warm smile is just enough for me to remember you by."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well, I'd hardly be a proper Mantis if I didn't accept a deal weighted in my favor, but it hardly seems right..."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"A song is quite the gift. Really, I don't really want much... I travel like yourself but on land... so having many things to carry might be a hindrance. Maybe carrying a tune is better than carrying a luggage full of stuff." He chuckled.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Can y'carry a tune?"

She grinned.

"I've met plenty who can't. Doesn't stop 'em from trying, but..."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

Kuroneko laughed. "I can certainly try." He cleared his throat and begins to sing a soft song He isn't bad specially he is being fluid with the song.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Yeah. Think y'can be trusted with one'a mine."

She grinned.

"Y'want a happy one, a sad one?"

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"A road traveled with a sad song becomes long and tiresome." He stated. "Besides... this guy like happy songs." He pointed to little Tori.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well, see what I can do. Lessee..."

She took a breath.

"Well I was born with my feet on the deck of a ship upon the brine,
My father was a fighting man, his blade was keen and fine,
He took me up upon his knee when I was nine or ten,
And said 'get you a sword and a ship to sail,
and you’ll never come home again.'

Give me a sword and a ship to sail
and I'll never come home again,
I'll travel the waves and kiss the maids
and fight a hundred men,
I don't know why l’m leaving, lass,
I don’t know where or when,
But give me a sword and a ship to sail
and I'll never come home again.

The sea has always been my love, the blade has been my life,
But one morn after too much drink, I woke up with a wife,
And, alas, she kept me home and clucked at me like a hen,
So I gave her a sword and a ship to sail
and she never came home again.

Give me a sword and a ship to sail
and I'll never come home again,
I'll travel the waves and kiss the maids
and fight a hundred men,
I don't know why l’m leaving, lass,
I don’t know where or when,
But give me a sword and a ship to sail
and I'll never come home again.

And now I’m old and stooped and gray, my eyesight’s growing dim,
But when I die, I’ll happily go, I won’t be glum or grim,
For I have seen the great wide world, I didn’t stay in my den,
‘Cause I got me a sword and a ship to sail,
and I never went home again."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

Kuroneko clapped to the rhythm as he smiled at the song. "Very nice." He said when she finished the song. "We have that in common I don't know when I shall be returning home."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Eh, home's wherever y'make, s'what Cap'n Kaito told me anyway. I'd say find where you're happy and that's home."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"I guess I have multiple then." He chuckled. "I am happy with my furry friends and my human friends as well."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Nothin' wrong wi' that."

She grinned.

"Just so they get along, anyhow."