[D1, MM: Event] The Easy Way or the Hard Way?
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:08 pm
Giving a gift to one's host, a proper way for you to show off your gratitude and them to show off their humility. For something that is supposed to symbolize sincerity, it was incredibly insincere.
However, Hikimasu was here to participate, unfortunately. So he had his piece prepared for the game and came as ready to play as he could.
Dressed well in black, the red infinite knot of the Shosuro family displayed only over his heart at the nape of his neck on the kimono, he held a small box wrapped in silk. He sat with the box before him and bowed low before speaking.
"Lord of the Shika, I am Shosuro Hikimasu, i came from Kawa in the lands of my lord. Like many here I have travelled a long way, over mountains, rivers, and the lands of other clans to answer your invitation." He unwrapped the box, revealing a broken kabuki mask.
"I've answered the call with a peice of my family lineage. This is the mask of Shosuro Kondo", he said, displaying the item. It covered only half the wearer's face, one eye, half the mouth and nose. It was white lacquer with red painted under the eye, running from the nose and around the false lip, making it smile. "Two hundred or so years ago, my family's house burned down, my ancestor Manji made a mask out of a fire-bitten piece of oak he found in the ruin, to honor the ancestors who had lived there, the builders who made it, and the history that transpired in that place."
He turned the mask over a bit, showing the details. "It is a piece of history, much like your promising castle, it is an opening of discussion much like the miai held here, I would like you to accept it with the well wishing of my family, as symbolized by the the fortunes of this mask."
He held it out, head bowed.
However, Hikimasu was here to participate, unfortunately. So he had his piece prepared for the game and came as ready to play as he could.
Dressed well in black, the red infinite knot of the Shosuro family displayed only over his heart at the nape of his neck on the kimono, he held a small box wrapped in silk. He sat with the box before him and bowed low before speaking.
"Lord of the Shika, I am Shosuro Hikimasu, i came from Kawa in the lands of my lord. Like many here I have travelled a long way, over mountains, rivers, and the lands of other clans to answer your invitation." He unwrapped the box, revealing a broken kabuki mask.
"I've answered the call with a peice of my family lineage. This is the mask of Shosuro Kondo", he said, displaying the item. It covered only half the wearer's face, one eye, half the mouth and nose. It was white lacquer with red painted under the eye, running from the nose and around the false lip, making it smile. "Two hundred or so years ago, my family's house burned down, my ancestor Manji made a mask out of a fire-bitten piece of oak he found in the ruin, to honor the ancestors who had lived there, the builders who made it, and the history that transpired in that place."
He turned the mask over a bit, showing the details. "It is a piece of history, much like your promising castle, it is an opening of discussion much like the miai held here, I would like you to accept it with the well wishing of my family, as symbolized by the the fortunes of this mask."
He held it out, head bowed.