Shiba Raizo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:09 pm
It wasn't the booze talking.
"Anything that wouldn't, by her association with me, invalidate the haven I could offer by bringing her down with me."
He paused.
"Big part of why I've been... trying to behave myself around here, to be honest."
Kitsu Moshumaru wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:11 pm
The Kitsu interjected.
"You remember where we first met, Shiba-san, Aimi-san? Head about three miles north and there's an unmanned river where me and the pride worked out once."
The implications were obvious.
Aimi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:07 pm
-snip-
"My offer is something similar. I don't doubt that you would turn to the life of a ronin Raizo-san. But I think there is a way that we all can get out of this...well, with some drama, but all of us saving a bit of face. As I mentioned earlier, I suspected that Aimi-san might be a Musha Shugyo. With the vagaries of that, the samurai ceases to be themselves at the start and the ronin vanishes into non-existence at their return. And if the ronin ceases to be, then well" Yoshi shrugs "How can there be any slight upon myself for losing a bride. If anything, it would be a slight upon the Shika for not taking it into consideration. And with myself taking a position in the Chisei district of Otoson Uchi, it could even be a blessing to be unwed."
Yoshi looks at the pair. "Now, the Tortoise makes an open status of accepting ronin. It would be of little difficulty for
Kasuga Aimi...or whatever name you wish to return from Musha Shuyo. Now, perhaps it might make a stir in the Phoenix to break your miai partner Raizo-san, but the Tortoise care little for such things. In fact, it would likely help relations between the Clans. A mild scandal that is quickly forgotten, and the shame of the loss of my bride ought to counter any slight the Shika express at losing you as a son in law."
"That is what I offer: a home. A stipend. Legitimacy...or at least as a legitimate as a Tortoise can be. And each other." Yoshi looks at the pair. "What do you say?"
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