[D2, LA] Gossip is Unsavory, Yet So Are We.

[Aimi]

"Ah, well," Aimi hesitates for a moment, glancing between the two... and then she steels herself. What, is she going to spend the full length of the miai running from potential issues? No. She just needs a topic, and fortunately enough the previous day was kind enough to provide one.

"In that case... Shosuro-sama, I understand this is a strange question, but please be kind enough to indulge me," she takes a breath and straightens up, before facing the Scorpion with a crooked smile, "When you look at me, is there anything which says 'secretly a high-ranking Bayushi pretending to be a ronin'?"

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

Dead fish eyes blinked slowly.

Is she having me on.

He looked at Unsei.

Oh...now i understand why you were trying to leave, you were trying to get clear before this ronin you hired to troll me about Scorpion pretending to be other people showed up.

He smirked under his mask.

"Not any more than Seppun-sama comes off that way."

[Seppun Unsei]

They blinked.

What the fuck?

"Is that just a trend with you, Shosuro-san? Because the first time we met, you asked if I was a Scorpion in disguise hired by your commander to lift your confidence up with compliments." They asked. "And I'm guessing you thought the ronin was too."

Really goes to show that a disguised Scorpion could be anywhere and even the Scorpion are afraid of it. That's annoying. I'll have to talk to Lui about it.

They looked to the ronin. "Guessing you also complimented him or something like that?"

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

He looked back to Unsei, eyebrow twitching.

"This ronin and I have never met before, I only know them as Bayushi Ogure-heika."

[Aimi]

For a moment, Aimi’s expression goes stiff, confusion hidden behind a mask as her eyes roam across the scene and take in all the tiny details, all the subtle clues. Then she sighs.

“Well, at least it fooled most people,” she mutters, fingers fluttering as she reached for a fan that was not there, “what was it that gave me away?”

[Seppun Unsei]

Unsei was just confused at this point and made no effort to hide it.

Heika is for the emperor... why is some random Ronin-Bayushi getting called the Emperor?

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

He saw Unsei's obvious confusion. "Seppun-sama..." he shook his head and looked back to the ronin. "You do not resemble any scorpion I know. What matter of disgraceful soul made such an accusation?"

[Aimi]

He saw Unsei's obvious confusion. "Seppun-sama..." he shook his head and looked back to the ronin. "You do not resemble any scorpion I know. What matter of disgraceful soul made such an accusation?"

"Ah... a rather handsome man who I was spending time with at the teahouse, who thought there must be some explanation for my sudden grace and fashion sense," Aimi grimaces slightly, "Very sweet, but surely I do not have to tell you what happens to ronin that people think are actually scorpion spies in disguise."

She pauses for a moment. "Or ronin that try pretending to be Scorpion for their own advantage."

[Seppun Unsei]

Unsei was almost always confused to some degree at this point, but they had overstayed their welcome, they felt. Since they had already said they were leaving, too, they felt no need to say anymore on the subject. Instead, they bowed. "Oh. Well. Enjoy!"

And then they walked off.

/exit

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

Unsei was almost always confused to some degree at this point, but they had overstayed their welcome, they felt. Since they had already said they were leaving, too, they felt no need to say anymore on the subject. Instead, they bowed. "Oh. Well. Enjoy!"

And then they walked off.

/exit

What...the crap?

He tried very hard not to reach out a hand toward the leaving Unsei and he was successful. He just didn't know if that was correct. He looked at the ronin. "Who?"