(D1, MM) Formal Welcome (Event Observation)

[Kuni Yasu]

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Yasu settles with a dip of her head acknowledging the gracious reassurance. It wouldn't be the first time she'd misinterpreted social cues. "Plenty of time for conversation, indeed. I think I've agreed to a meal at your convenience, unless that's a memory from the sake?"

Then her gaze shifts to see Tanabe offering his gift. "I can't help noticing a bit of a pattern in the Otter gifts, all paintings and drawings and the like. Common hobbies on the river?

[Utaku Kheree]

Having delivered the gift of a bird to the champion the young woman, even if she was somewhat on the older side compared to others among those present now turned and put on a winning smile as she let her eyes wander over the gathered people.

Who was already deep in discussion and who isn't was important after all to make a impact.

And after a moment, she heads for the woman who is unlikely to be captured by her beauty, after all sometimes you want a bit of a challenge and offered the Blind Crane ra bow " Did you have rice today Kakita-san ?" she asks softly, clearly taller then her, even if the movement of the voice showcased that she is changing height as she is talking. during her bow.

Her voice has a certain roughness , clearly someone more used to being vibrant then to only speak in whispers . But not the hoarse voice of someone used to scream out commands and neither someone unused to sweet nothings.

" Would I introduce myself in details, or would your servant do so?"

As she talked the bird on her shoulder was silently watching the other two women.

[Kaito Oubaihime]

"Well, they'd better be. Or I'll have to sort 'em out, hm?"

He grinned.

"Anoo... please don't." She said with a smile. "What about yourself have you any goals for whom you wish to marry?"

[Shiba Raizo]

"Anoo... please don't." She said with a smile. "What about yourself have you any goals for whom you wish to marry?"

"Not as such... I hadn't really thought about it up to now. And frankly, I'm pretty bad at meeting new people when I'm not feeling pressured."

A pause.

"And not at all sure what I have to offer, either."

[Kaito Oubaihime]

"Not as such... I hadn't really thought about it up to now. And frankly, I'm pretty bad at meeting new people when I'm not feeling pressured."

A pause.

"And not at all sure what I have to offer, either."

Oubahime tilted her head puzzled. "But you have plenty to offer Shiba san... Your men look up to you." She smiled. "Think of it as a challenge... a duel perhaps... you don't need to speak just need to analyze. Just watch people interact and learn from interactions."

[Shiba Raizo]

Oubahime tilted her head puzzled. "But you have plenty to offer Shiba san... Your men look up to you." She smiled. "Think of it as a challenge... a duel perhaps... you don't need to speak just need to analyze. Just watch people interact and learn from interactions."

"Oh, Kaito-san, I never duel if I can help it, that's too much like a fair fight... and far as it goes, it seems people expect you to speak at these things."

[Usogawa Emiko]

With her gift giving done, the little Otter returned to the observation area.

And Tanabe was there dutifully by the side of his charge. A large imposing shadow, or he might have been if not for his continually amused look at everything happening around him or maybe at life itself or something in his head. The source was uncertain but he definitely seemed amused by something.

"Did I do ok?" She asked her friend quietly, looking around to see how others were doing.

[Seppun Yuzu]

"Seppun-sama, pleasure to see you again this morning. Have you enjoyed the harvest of the Deer this morning?" A bow as appropriate to someone much higher in station, while Akihiro kept his eyes on the Seppun's face to see if he was received positively.

"Good morning, Kakita-san." The boy replies, a bit flabbergasted due Reijin's skillful kendama demonstration. "The Deer have been kind, hai." After a proper bow, he asks, "How has been this morning so far to the Crane?"

[Usogawa Narumi]

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Narumi shook her head several times when the Kuni suggested she make herself scarce, "I would ask you to stay, Kuni-san, and let us enjoy this time together. This is a time of new beginnings, let it be shared."

She smiles to Murato. "I think a second, somewhat less.. loud setting would do just fine for a follow up, should Kitsu-san find he might enjoy such."

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Ahha, and here Narumi felt her conversation yesterday with the Kuni return to the fore, and she drummed her fingerpads on her painted lips in deep thought.
"O hai, Kakita Akihiro-san? I met him for tea yesterday, with the company of a Deer... Shika Nesshin-san? Kakita-san seemed... sullen, beholden to his past and not about to look to his future... It's said what binds two samurai together is a red ribbon," she offers.

She puts together the observation Yasu has made about the Otters gifts, and barely stifles a laugh. "Oh you're right, aren't you? That's sort of funny, I suppose so! We don't care much for the way of the material- every item we add to our riverboats weighs them down, afterall, and affects the boats ability to smoothly travel at efficiency."

[Kuni Yasu]

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"Hmm, sounds a bit unpleasant. Hard to get to know people like that. Simple symbolic gift then, I guess. " She glances back toward the dias a moment. "With that mask too. Bit of an uphill climb for him here, isn't it?"

At the mention of material items weighing their boats down, Yasu's lips twitch. "Susaki Tanabe-san must need to keep his belongings quite minimal, as I imagine he weighs the boat down plenty on his own. Mistook him for a Hida upon first seeing him."