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Wide hallways through which the low and high pass en route to their affairs
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Post by Saibankan » Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:25 pm

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The hallways of the Kyuden are wider than standard for hallways of a Kyuden. This makes is easier for larger groups of people to walk the hallways together while discussing various diplomatic matters, or gives one just a few more inches to avoid noticing those they do not wish to converse with. More practically, the widened hallways can be expertly controlled by a lone Shika Speardancer with their spear.

A series of six paintings has been hung along the halls, each depicting the same woman. The woman is very beautiful, with hair piled in an elaborate arrangement pinned with ornaments of the springtime. A delicate series of vines and leaves are painted around her eyes as a gentle mask, leading to a different dangling flower ornament at her temple in each painting. She wears a red wedding kimono decorated with rich embroidery. Tiny scorpions are embroidered among the symbols of both fertility and death. This kimono is the same in all the paintings.

In the first picture she holds a white carnation. She looks at the flower with a somewhat wide-eyed innocence.

In the second painting, she holds a red carnation in a tighter grip, the crushed and stomped remains of a white carnation on the ground behind her. She looks at the red carnation with a deep flush to her cheeks.

In the third painting, she holds a striped carnation in grip that whitens her knuckles and an expression of obvious shock. The crushed and stomped remains of a red carnation can be seen on the ground behind her.

In the fourth painting, she holds a yellow carnation with a look of extreme sorrow upon her face. Several petals have fallen from the flower and are in the process of fluttering down, while the fingers of her free hand are stained yellow. The crushed and stomped remains of a striped carnation can be seen withered behind her.

In the fifth painting, she holds a pink carnation in a deathgrip, the beds of her nails gone white with the pressure and the stem oozing a bit of green sap. Her expression is what one might call wistful. The crushed and stomped remains of a yellow carnation can be seen behind her.

In the sixth painting, while there is a crushed and stomped pink carnation behind her, there is no flower in her hand. Instead, her gaze seems fixed on the viewer with a thoughtful look as she extends a hand out to them.

(Those with Aesthetics 1 recognize the significance of the different carnations in the paintings telling a story of love, rejection, and romance that was not meant to be. Those with Aesthetics 2, however, recognize the woman depicted as Shosuro Yoriko, the villain from the pillowbook 'The Flowers' Death. In the pillowbook, Yoriko would stalk the streets of Ryoko Owari Toshi disguised as a humble flower merchant, seeking to seduce those who were unhappy with their marriages (the scenes of which in the book are beyond scandalous) before killing them. Each of the flowers represents one of her victims. Those with vigilance 2 notice the guards watching the reactions of those examining the pieces.)
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Re: Description

Post by Saibankan » Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:00 am

At the start of Day 4:

The sixth painting in the hallway is almost completely empty space, with nothing but a small crushed pink carnation in the corner. A small pile of crushed pink petals lie upon the ground in front of the painting.
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