Kyuden Shika

Inoshishi places a hand on the back of Ishioka’s head, debating how to proceed. “I’m what way have you betrayed me, my love? Have you sworn yourself to someone else? Shared a secret that wasn’t yours to share?” She’s pretty sure he doesn’t have any of those to share, but regardless. Plus he was swor...

Inoshishi’s smile back is equally wide, squeezing back with intensity. She’s clearly considering just grabbing him but decides not to, observing some sort of propriety for the moment. “I’m glad to see you still happy, my love. After your sudden change earlier today, I was uncertain.” She leans in sl...

Inoshishi sits where directed, her eyes quite confused.

“Did you receive bad news, my love? You look the opposite as you did this morning.”

Inoshishi sits in her usual spot, enjoying the views out over the forest as the shadows deepen. She’d left a cutely similar message to the ones Ishi used to summon her, though her message had cute ‘love’ emoji all over it.

She relaxes, back against the wall, waiting for him to arrive.

Inoshishi is thoughtful as she enters the room, reasoning that as the betrothed, she has the right to enter fiancé’s room. Perhaps Ishioka will agree, perhaps not. She’s hardly worried about that, her thoughts much more interested in the ‘please’ appended to the hastily scrawled note. She places it ...

Kuni Yasu wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:47 pm

So what *reaaaaly* happened with that dead sister duel? Because there was this vague feeling that Ishi was hiding something from himself about the whole mess too.

Ino suspects something too.

She smiles down at him, the sun and it's first rays kissing her hair for a moment as she smiles so wide it hurts. "Of course they have, my Ishi-kun." And then the sun doesn't illuminate her anymore.

/ftb?

What clan(s) did Ishi think he was gonna be interested in? Cause I doubt it was either of the clans he ended up being interested in!

Her eyes narrow slightly, knowing he’s dodging her question and curious as to the reason, so she addresses that first. “Perhaps I have not been clear enough, my beloved. If your…little, though not so little, soldier wishes attention, even if I’m asleep, you may always wake me. And if you don’t wish ...

“You and Unsei-sama should head to the Mountain, if you want my advice. You will never see more stars at night than you will at the peak of a mountain.”

She smiles.

“I hope we’ll see each other more. When you come to visit Lion lands, or wherever we are assigned, please drop by.”