Kyuden Shika

Usogawa Narumi wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:14 pm

Manicured eyebrows raise at the query. "Ehime Toshi, the.. closest thing Otter have to a centralized holding, a cluster of permanently-anchored riverboats and barges floating at the center of the Lake of Cherry Blossom Snow."
She lifts her cup of tea. "But the daughter of our daimyo is here as a candidate, shouldn't Seppun-sama talk to her about such matters instead of a simple nakodo?"

"Eto." He clears his throat and then sips tea –– oops, that was the spicy broth. Yuzu starts to get red cheeks. Too much spice, perhaps. He coughs again.

"No nakodo is ever simple. In fact, the nakodo are the force behind what moves this Empire, say the Shika. We're here Kyuden Shika, so... In any case, I have talked with Usogawa-hime about that, and after the bout. Well, I kind of threw her really way off the ring with my last move. I confess I am unsure if I would bother her with my presence."

She sips her tea. "Thank you, Seppun-sama. It's always nice to have ones work recognized. And I am sure Emiko-sama is not bothered, at all."