[Day 0, Early Morning] What's This? (Open)

[Aimi]

Aimi blinks, slowly.

"You... are eating the mushrooms around here?" She tilts her head, "Please tell me you didn't touch the ones with the little red spots on the cups."

[Agasha Inoshishi]

"Oh no, not those, those aren't good to eat. Just these." She holds out a deeply red mushroom with a vaguely trumpet shaped cap. "They taste very good! Rather like a very sweet mochi! Don't worry, I have some to share. They're good dried as well!"

"You... are eating the mushrooms around here?" She tilts her head, "Please tell me you didn't touch the ones with the little red spots on the cups."

"Hello... Dragon-san. I'm Shiba Raizo. The musically-inclined fellow is Kitsu Moshumaru, and the charming lady is one Aimi."

"Indeed, Shiba-san speaks true. I believe you said your name was... Inoshishi-san, was it?"

Inoshishi bows deeply to each samurai in turn. While her dirty face and collection of mushrooms suggested she was more than a little...off, her bow is right out of a Dragon courtier dojo: sincere, respectful, and oddly demure for a clan that loves tattoos and other odd displays.

"Yes, Agasha Inoshishi, at your service. I haven't checked in at the gate, have you? There was a lot of noise, so I figured I'd get some breakfast before I go there. Is this your first time here? It's my first time here. I was recently in Centipede lands, and wow, they are so different! So many fascinating stories about lady sun. What about you all, is this your first time here? Are you having fun in the forest? I love forests. I hope whoever they pair me up with loves forests. And stories. And fireworks."

She may be the fastest speaker you've ever encountered. Certainly among the most enthusiastic.

[Shiba Raizo]

I've been in actual fights that involved less... rapid assault.

"Just got here myself. Forest seems nice. A'course, they were also pretty keen to warn me not to wander off the path."

[Agasha Inoshishi]

"Just got here myself. Forest seems nice. A'course, they were also pretty keen to warn me not to wander off the path."

If only she could turn her rapid speech into an effective Shuji, she would be a formidable courtier.

"Pssh, they always say that! And sometimes, I grant you, it's warranted. Like when the Togashi say that on the way to the High House of Light, you gotta stay on the path cause it's a loooong way down. I've heard there's a lot of mountains in Phoenix lands too, so maybe stay on the path there. But when you're in a nice forest like this one, full of mushrooms and squirrels and all the green, what's the harm in doing a little exploring? I love exploring. Once I explored the Uebe Marshes because the Scorpion said there were samurai living there and that they'd tell me interesting stories, but they didn't because I couldn't find them!

She pauses expectantly, apparently believing she's left an obvious path to continue the conversation. Of course, it's not actually there. Or if it is, it's well concealed.

[Kitsu Moshumaru]

She pauses expectantly, apparently believing she's left an obvious path to continue the conversation. Of course, it's not actually there. Or if it is, it's well concealed.

...She liked stories, it seems.

"...Okay. So if I may, are you here for the Miai, Agasha-san? If so,"

Mentally he braced in case he accidentally caused some grave insult or triggered some dark compulsion from the enthusiastic dragon,

"...What is the story that brings you to it?"

[Shiba Raizo]

Oh you poor silly Lion, now you've gone and done it.

[Agasha Inoshishi]

"...What is the story that brings you to it?"

“Weeeell…it’s kind of a long story? But basically, my daimyo thinks I can serve my clan best by making connections outside the clan! After all, I’ve been all the way to the Wall, drunk sake with the Ikoma, seen the Scorpion cities down the Spine of the World, and even made friends among the Centipede! And I don’t really care who I marry as long as it’s a nice match and as long as they like stories and also fireworks. I love fireworks do you like fireworks? Sometimes I found it if you burn things that can change colors and then the fire can be really interesting. What kind of story brought you here?”

[Kitsu Moshumaru]

“Weeeell…it’s kind of a long story? But basically, my daimyo thinks I can serve my clan best by making connections outside the clan! After all, I’ve been all the way to the Wall, drunk sake with the Ikoma, seen the Scorpion cities down the Spine of the World, and even made friends among the Centipede! And I don’t really care who I marry as long as it’s a nice match and as long as they like stories and also fireworks. I love fireworks do you like fireworks? Sometimes I found it if you burn things that can change colors and then the fire can be really interesting. What kind of story brought you here?”

That was... less than he was expecting, but still quite a mouthful. That said, cutting down to the crucial information and question, he formulated his reply.

"I was also sent here to make connections. I work as a writer for the Records of the Fallen with Ikoma libraries."

[Shiba Raizo]

Heeeeeey, he's a writer, she's addicted to stories. Bang. Let's marry them off.

Raizo had to stifle an evil grin at the thought.