Kyuden Shika

"I don't know about that. I'm good but still end up getting out drank by some of the Hida." She snorted but had a hint of a smile on her face. "It's just easier to drink from the bottle. Saves time having to pour cup after cup after cup." She returned the toast. "As much as I love my oni mask it mak...

"I thought not everyone ended up in the same place? Some go to Toshigoku. Some end up in other realms. Some end up stuck here. Unpleasant. All of it."

"Ah. That. No. Mostly working on my skills in close combat with Susaki-san. I've gotten one win on him that I think he gave to me and he's gotten several on me."

She snorted though it sounded more sarcastic than her usual ones. "Perhaps. It's annoying though. Some of them get uppity when you don't know about them. Not our faults that they're popping up like rabbit babies after a normal spring." A pause. "But you can't forget the peasants along with that. Pea...

She watched impassively as he poured a cup but instead of joining suit she took one of the bottles and opened it before knocking a swig back. It was quicker than having to pour a cup each time. "I have three. My normal one. One for when I plan on drinking heavily. One for the baths or when in my arm...

"When you put it that way it does sound unbelievable. Doesn't change much of the fact that even just trying to figure out the weather's issues leads people on a chase for a spirit now." She grumbled.

"I've long forgotten what the training was spoken of and in what context. What was it?" She asked.

"No. With the amount of nakodo swarming around it would've been stupid to. Significantly heightens your chance to run into one of them. Getting around the place quicker wasn't worth that. Though the lack of privacy here is worse than at Kyuden Bayushi." She grumbled in a mildly annoyed tone before t...

"It seems a lot of geisha and ronin are getting their own clans now. Isn't that Cat clan or whatever also geisha and acrobats with no doubt many ronin thrown into the mix? Seems at this point there are many minor clans popping up all over the place with more being spoken about or coming out of the w...

"Wow." She wished she could be surprised about that. "Figures. Nothing can be normal in Rokugan can it?"