Kyuden Shika

"Nobody. My dissatisfaction as a soldier was noted and requests were made."

"Oh, probably not, but Aimi and Yoshi are both apparently onboard." He sighed, a ragged sound. "Two weeks ago, I cared about none of this shit. And now... Fuck me, Narumi-chan, what a colossal mess things ended up being." He sighed. "But at the same time... it's... strangely liberating. Fuck them al...

"Ah, well, it gets a bit more complicated with fealty involved."

He said, as yet unaware of the turn his particular fealty was going to take.

Work beckons...

Slow, dragging footsteps Raizo would probably recognise by now indicated, after that long while, he had some company. The man in the wicker hat and the dirt-covered clothes approached slowly and calmly, a neutral, calm expression not particularly readable in his face, his eyes facing the ground. Se...

The Sparrow nodded, then fell silent for a long while, just walking besides the Phoenix. He seemed to keep thinking about the man's answer as they walked, a sideways glance thrown at him indicating his doubts. Had the time there changed nothing at all for him, then? Well, it was possible. Perhaps R...

The Suzume nods, thoughtfully... and slightly worried, maybe. "Hm. Given the Shika's reputation, I would tend to trust their judgment... but then stories and reality are never the same thing. And which stories are told is obviously a choice of the storyteller. Hm..." He looks at the Shiba. "I wonde...

"Actually, no. Until she weds, she has no standing and therefore no real ability to request a yojimbo. Kaikoga Koi is my probable charge. Have you met?"

"After a fashion. But goodness, how awkward, it seems that the Deer's research missed that Aimi is actually a Tortoise on Musha Shugyo. And thus, when her pilgrimage ends, the ronin Aimi no longer exists, and thus cannot be married to Kasuga Yoshi. Truly, a sad oversight." He bared his teeth in an a...

"Fair point", the Suzume says with a small smile. As they set out walking, he looked back at the Shiba. "I trust Shiba-san still doesn't feel... all that confident in the whole thing?", he says, not quite mentioning what the 'thing' was, but assuming it was reasonably clear. "Not even a little. If ...