(D3, ME) Ex-Hida by Yasuki Seiryo

[Kaikoga Fujiko]

"Can anything really be as good as that hot mess?" he asked, seemingly he did like it, but only because he enjoyed it for what it was. "I'd be happy with something even more wild. Would you?"

"Oh, certainly." She nodded enthusiastically. "If they keep it simple and safe, what's even the point?"

[Shika Nesshin]

Inoshishi nods in agreement, “Or in the mountains, the swamps or anyplace else most don’t go. I’ve explored the woods around here somewhat, plenty of places to think and many that seem to have stories of their own.”

She pouts slightly, before rounding her eyes innocently.

“You wouldn’t happen to want to escort a traveling storyteller through the woods? Maybe tell her some local legends? Some…tall tales?” Don’t get the wrong idea, she 100% wants the stories.

(Agenda time!
Get those stories, boy, (Fire, | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0


FAIL. Opportunity used to be sexy af.)

Nesshin feels himself responding to the waif-like Dragon, the sobriquet that seems to want to attach itself to him becoming more appropriate as he contemplates the idea.

"I can't say as I'd turn down the chance," he says, grinning and winking in return. "Indeed, I'd be delighted to show you some of the best parts of our standing woods, explore mysteries in the bush hereabouts. And if Agasha-san would like, we could start soon; there's evening left to us, of course, and much shows up in the darkening hours that is less seen by light of day."

He'll share stories, most likely, but that's not all he'd offer.

"As much is true for the law-abiding as the lawbreaker, of course," he continues, it being his own opportunity to attempt his agenda.

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Agenda roll, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/561, success at 221; use one Opp to cancel Strife, remaining Opp for subtlety represented as smoothness; +1 Agenda Point

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

"Oh, certainly." She nodded enthusiastically. "If they keep it simple and safe, what's even the point?"

He thought about that and smiled under his mask.

"Would you think that way if it wasn't a play?" He asked. Unfortunately for Hikimasu, though he wasn't suggesting anything lewd, it might have sounded that way due to his sudden, conspiratory tone.

[Kaikoga Fujiko]

He thought about that and smiled under his mask.

"Would you think that way if it wasn't a play?" He asked. Unfortunately for Hikimasu, though he wasn't suggesting anything lewd, it might have sounded that way due to his sudden, conspiratory tone.

Fujiko hesitated for a bit.

"For romance? Who doesn't dream of such stories. Now, of course, the issue is everything around it. Hight waves touch more than the shores, as the Crane likes to say." She hesitated some more before continuing. "And for, um... the rest, well..." She shrugged. "It's all the same, isn't it?"

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

Fujiko hesitated for a bit.

"For romance? Who doesn't dream of such stories. Now, of course, the issue is everything around it. Hight waves touch more than the shores, as the Crane likes to say." She hesitated some more before continuing. "And for, um... the rest, well..." She shrugged. "It's all the same, isn't it?"

"What about music?" He asked. "Something very wild and unorthodox."

[Kaikoga Fujiko]

"What about music?" He asked. "Something very wild and unorthodox."

"This... wasn't what I had in mind when I spoke of 'the rest' but let's not go deeper on that one," she mumbled very fast. Then, at a normal pace, "I suppose it would depend. There is value in tradition, but art needs to push boundaries from time to time to improve."

Thankfully, Hikimasu wasn't of the Lion, so that opinion wouldn't case too much issue, hopefully.

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

"This... wasn't what I had in mind when I spoke of 'the rest' but let's not go deeper on that one," she mumbled very fast. Then, at a normal pace, "I suppose it would depend. There is value in tradition, but art needs to push boundaries from time to time to improve."

Thankfully, Hikimasu wasn't of the Lion, so that opinion wouldn't case too much issue, hopefully.

"Good", he said. Then turned his head to watch the play again. And then suddenly looked back at her.

"Wait."

He was very still.

"Wait, what did you mean by the rest...?"

[Kaikoga Fujiko]

"Good", he said. Then turned his head to watch the play again. And then suddenly looked back at her.

"Wait."

He was very still.

"Wait, what did you mean by the rest...?"

"I, uh..." The Fortunes tossed Fujiko a bone because it was at this moment that the light dimmed. "Oh would you look at that! The play is starting!"

[Shosuro Hikimasu]

"I, uh..." The Fortunes tossed Fujiko a bone because it was at this moment that the light dimmed. "Oh would you look at that! The play is starting!"

"...so it is, how about that?"

He paid attention to the play, and tried not to pay attention to Fujiko's kimono, or how she smelled, or how she was probably talking about something dirty.

He totally paid attention to all of that.

[Kaikoga Fujiko]

"...so it is, how about that?"

He paid attention to the play, and tried not to pay attention to Fujiko's kimono, or how she smelled, or how she was probably talking about something dirty.

He totally paid attention to all of that.

"Mh... this one felt much more 'by the books' than the previous one." She shook her head. "It feels a bit unfair that only one character has to learn to change, while the other has to learn how great the other is."

She waved a hand.

"And the daughter character was completely unrealistic. Really? A spoiled daughter who knows nothing of the world?"