[LM3] - Test of the Mind observation thread

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"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?"

"I am having some problems with the state of the temples but I think Inari has given me a blessing. Speaking of which... Has Inari blessed you today?" He smiled.

[Shiba Jiro]

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.

"Never been keelhaulined before. I hope it's something fun, even if I suspect it's not. But then again, I'd probably not have argued if the bamboo stick had been in your hand."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Never been keelhaulined before. I hope it's something fun, even if I suspect it's not. But then again, I'd probably not have argued if the bamboo stick had been in your hand."

Kinky.

"It's, uh... not a thing I ever need t'see. But it sounds awful."

[Shiba Jiro]

Kinky.

"It's, uh... not a thing I ever need t'see. But it sounds awful."

"Oh? That bad then?" he asks. "Maybe no keelhaulins. Any other disciplinary tools I should be wary of with the Mantis?"

[Seppun Urusai]

"I am having some problems with the state of the temples but I think Inari has given me a blessing. Speaking of which... Has Inari blessed you today?" He smiled.

"Fortunately yes," Urusai replies. "And I share your concern for the temples." He smiles slightly. "How not? I am a son of the Seppun, after all, even if not a shugenja."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Fortunately yes," Urusai replies. "And I share your concern for the temples." He smiles slightly. "How not? I am a son of the Seppun, after all, even if not a shugenja."

The Phoenix shugenja nodded. "We should place piece of Inari's blessing and let our hearts be filled with Ebisu mercy and help our friends out." He shook his head and then chuckled. "I am probably worried that our allies will be cursed if this thing doesn't resolve."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Oh? That bad then?" he asks. "Maybe no keelhaulins. Any other disciplinary tools I should be wary of with the Mantis?"

"Apart from the booze and the singing? Havin' t'stand at masthead can be rough. Unless you're like me an' y'like it."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Apart from the booze and the singing? Havin' t'stand at masthead can be rough. Unless you're like me an' y'like it."

"Well, that certainly would make it harder to punish you. Though, another means of punishment that my instructor would use for me that helped me out was making me write pangrams. To practice my calligraphy. A favorite of mine was 'Awaken from dreaming to the voice of the crying bird and see the coming daylight turning the east sky-blue; shrouded in mist is a flock of ships on the open sea'."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well, that certainly would make it harder to punish you. Though, another means of punishment that my instructor would use for me that helped me out was making me write pangrams. To practice my calligraphy. A favorite of mine was 'Awaken from dreaming to the voice of the crying bird and see the coming daylight turning the east sky-blue; shrouded in mist is a flock of ships on the open sea'."

Kasumi... blinked.

"That's... poetry, innit?"

[Seppun Urusai]

The Phoenix shugenja nodded. "We should place piece of Inari's blessing and let our hearts be filled with Ebisu mercy and help our friends out." He shook his head and then chuckled. "I am probably worried that our allies will be cursed if this thing doesn't resolve."

"Oh?"

Urusai cocks an eyebrow at his interlocutor, making a small warding gesture.

"How do you mean?"

[Shiba Jiro]

Kasumi... blinked.

"That's... poetry, innit?"

"Yes, but a specific form that uses all of the written characters in the poem. So when you write it you get to practice with them all."

[Shiba Kuroneko]

"Oh?"

Urusai cocks an eyebrow at his interlocutor, making a small warding gesture.

"How do you mean?"

Neko sighed. "Well, first was the tsunami then today we get this weird hail. The elements are unbalanced and probably the spirits are either angry or tired of being pushed aside. I am just expeculating Seppun sama. I know very little of these matter even as a shugenja... That is why my cousins may be here."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Yes, but a specific form that uses all of the written characters in the poem. So when you write it you get to practice with them all."

"Huh. All I ever write are duty rotas."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Huh. All I ever write are duty rotas."

"Well, I will certainly give you the chance to practice more with letters in the future. Exchange new songs and jokes we might learn." He smiles at that.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Well, I will certainly give you the chance to practice more with letters in the future. Exchange new songs and jokes we might learn." He smiles at that.

"Be nice t'have someone t'write to. Mom's busy an' Dad's..."

Barely literate

"... well, I see 'im whenever we come into port."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Be nice t'have someone t'write to. Mom's busy an' Dad's..."

Barely literate

"... well, I see 'im whenever we come into port."

"I'll always look forward to hearing from you. Be it a letter, a conversation, a song, or a whisper. So anytime you want to send me a letter I'll be ecstatic."

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"I'll always look forward to hearing from you. Be it a letter, a conversation, a song, or a whisper. So anytime you want to send me a letter I'll be ecstatic."

"Careful. Y'don't know what I might write."

She coughed and tried to refocus.

"But I figure I'll come up with somethin'."

[Seppun Urusai]

Neko sighed. "Well, first was the tsunami then today we get this weird hail. The elements are unbalanced and probably the spirits are either angry or tired of being pushed aside. I am just expeculating Seppun sama. I know very little of these matter even as a shugenja... That is why my cousins may be here."

"Was the weather so uncommon?" Urusai asks. "I mean, we have hail at Kyuden Seppun, and sometimes even in high summer."

[Shiba Jiro]

"Careful. Y'don't know what I might write."

She coughed and tried to refocus.

"But I figure I'll come up with somethin'."

"Not knowing something just makes me curious. Like the taste of..." whoa... "...that curry."

Fortunes, almost said something inappropriate. And true. Calm down idiot. His ever so slight blush betrayed the fact that curry had not been his intended subject.

[Yukikaze no Kasumi]

"Not knowing something just makes me curious. Like the taste of..." whoa... "...that curry."

Fortunes, almost said something inappropriate. And true. Calm down idiot. His ever so slight blush betrayed the fact that curry had not been his intended subject.

Oh no. No, no, no, uh-uh, this has to stop. Cut off. Right now.

"The curry, huh? Yeah, we still gotta give that a go, don't we?"

Kasumi, you idiot.