[LM3] - Test of the Mind observation thread

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well. It's whatcha get if you're not shipshape. Not sure it curts much of anythin' 'cept bein' dry."

[Kakita Ahiru]

Feeling a pang of the cramps, Kaori moved her hand towards her obi, but tried to keep a serene smile.

"Certainly Kakita-sama. I must say, when I received the honor of an invite, I did not expect to build model buildings. I assumed you would be more familiar with the challenges, considering?" She gestured vaguely at the Academy around them.

"The Test of Mind have always challenged the contenders' intellect, but in various forms. Some years it has been quizzes on historical knowledge, other years it has been more practical such as this year's." Ahiru smiled a little bit. "But as we saw yesterday, the tests sometimes appeal more to our visitors. Topaz has grown so much since it was only the gempukku of the Kakita, it is now a spectacle for all the clans to participate in."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Well. It's whatcha get if you're not shipshape. Not sure it curts much of anythin' 'cept bein' dry."

"It doesn't sound so bad to me. Better than bamboo stick I got. Sensei wasn't too rough with it, but it certainly reinforced the lessons," he says, moving to scratch an itch on his back caused by a phantom pain from the memories.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"It doesn't sound so bad to me. Better than bamboo stick I got. Sensei wasn't too rough with it, but it certainly reinforced the lessons," he says, moving to scratch an itch on his back caused by a phantom pain from the memories.

"Well, beatin's somethin' we try t'be sparing with in the fleet."

She chuckled.

"Mostly 'cause I reckon the bosun's arm would wear out otherwise."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Oh? You're all getting up to that much mischief then?" he asks.

[Shiba Kuroneko]

Kuroneko just walked about mingling around the crowd.

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[Seppun Urusai]

Kuroneko just walked about mingling around the crowd.

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Something about that Phoenix catches Urusai's eye, and he nods.

[Shiba Kuroneko]

Something about that Phoenix catches Urusai's eye, and he nods.

The Phoenix approaches tilting his head. He bowed to the Seppun. "Konichwa Seppun sama, how may this one be of service?"

[Seppun Urusai]

The Phoenix approaches tilting his head. He bowed to the Seppun. "Konichwa Seppun sama, how may this one be of service?"

"Service, son of the Phoenix?" Urusai asks. "Nothing like that at all. No, just a note on your commendable performance today."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Oh? You're all getting up to that much mischief then?" he asks.

"And fu- er, foulin' up our duties. 'Specially when we're learnin'."

[Shiba Jiro]

"And fu- er, foulin' up our duties. 'Specially when we're learnin'."

Smirking at her catch, he nods. "Always have to keep the sensei on their toes. Can't let them get lazy by being the perfect student."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Service, son of the Phoenix?" Urusai asks. "Nothing like that at all. No, just a note on your commendable performance today."

"My performance?" He blinked and scratched the back of his neck. "I really didn't know what came over me." He gave a light embarrassed chuckle. "I have never done something like that to be honest."

[Seppun Urusai]

"My performance?" He blinked and scratched the back of his neck. "I really didn't know what came over me." He gave a light embarrassed chuckle. "I have never done something like that to be honest."

"If there is a time to perform unexpectedly well, this would seem to be it," Urusai says. "I could wish to have done so well, myself."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

Smirking at her catch, he nods. "Always have to keep the sensei on their toes. Can't let them get lazy by being the perfect student."

She grinned.

"An' anyway, lets 'em know you're listening."

[Shiba Jiro]

She grinned.

"An' anyway, lets 'em know you're listening."

"Well, hearing in any case. If you were actually listening they'd probably not need the buckets," he says with a chuckle.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well, hearing in any case. If you were actually listening they'd probably not need the buckets," he says with a chuckle.

"Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes y'just need a duckin'."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"If there is a time to perform unexpectedly well, this would seem to be it," Urusai says. "I could wish to have done so well, myself."

Neko shook his head. "You may have under performed today but you have done well on the first two days." he nodded to the Seppun.

[Seppun Urusai]

Neko shook his head. "You may have under performed today but you have done well on the first two days." he nodded to the Seppun.

"The first day was respectable. The second was less so," Urusai puts back. "I look forward to others, of course, and I can hope to do better in them, but that does not mean I am pleased with how matters fell out.

"But that's enough of that," and he waves his hand in front of his face as if fanning away a bad smell. "How have you been enjoying your time here so far?"

[Shiba Jiro]

"Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes y'just need a duckin'."

"What? You mean the sensei might know what's good for us better than we do? Impossible. I already knew everything there was to know before I went to the dojo," he says with a smile. "Figured it all out easy."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"What? You mean the sensei might know what's good for us better than we do? Impossible. I already knew everything there was to know before I went to the dojo," he says with a smile. "Figured it all out easy."

Kasumi favored him with a very sober and level expression, looking him up and down, head to toe, toe to head.

"Yep. Time for a keelhaulin'."

She grinned, her utterly abysmal performance at the day's event forgotten, for the moment.