Wedding at Fire Shrimp Village an L5R PbP

"If I can, sure," she smirked, shaking her head a little. Pausing a moment she reaches back to pat down the sand, clearing it from her clothing. Looking back up to him she gave a nod back toward the village.

"Think I should be heading back. Walking with or you gonna hang out here a little longer?"

Yoko gave him his time to speak, and gave even a little more time after watching the horizon for a while. "Don't worry about it" she broke a silence with a typical smirk. "Best to just put all that behind, eh? Not gonna hold much against someone who tries to do right by me. Which seems like what you...

"Maybe a little, eh?" she said with a cocky grin, looking out toward the horizon a moment longer. "For what it's worth, you are right. Though, no offense," she said, looking to Masao; and raising her hand, sand falling from the hand as she did so, showing her palm," and I do mean no offense. Don't w...

"Well, that makes one of us, eh?" she chuckled, glancing over her shoulder a moment. Looking back over toward the rising sun she took a moment to breathe.

"She sacrificed a lot for me," she glanced away a moment, thinking. However, she pointed out another different route to take, "through there, we should come just out by the ship. Then I can go see about getting this looked at," she indicated the wound again, looking to Yue with a small smile.

"I think so," she paused, the wash of a somewhat distant wave. "Have.. friends? Friends in people I never thought I would have. Going off to a place I never thought I would go. About to start living a life I never thought I would live, whatever that life is. Honest? It's.. a little scary." she chuck...

"I mean, you're right. Just seems that others, Clan samurai, tend to find more in that risk than I do, than we do. Never met a samurai too willing to put anyone to the blade over a few words from some random ronin. Best to berate them and move on," she shrugged. "Not sure what I can say about most, ...

Hooking one hand on her hip, the other neatly tucked into the front and center of her obi, "Thanks.. Kakita-sama," she nods over toward a spot that would be good to sit. Walking over and then turning, watching the water for a moment before she takes her spot. Relaxing back as she looked up to Masao....

"When the worst thing for it is a bit of a cut, maybe a bruised chest a little while," she nodded. Nodding toward one way over the other, directing on what she felt was a better way to get back toward the ship. "Honest, I was, but-" she laughed, shook her head, "well, I'm two for three out of the on...

Daichi will always be a favored big lug, far as Yoko is concerned. And soon he'll be another Mantis friend!

What is one thing you think is fun/would like people to know about Daichi as we part from this game and await the next?

Hearing him approach she stands with her blade a moment, bowing her head to it as she speaks the words softly. Seeing the blade back away into it's saya she takes a moment to center herself. Glancing up over her shoulder she smirks, "Kakita-sama. Been a while, eh?" she turns, and returns the bow.

Yoko laughed, shaking her head, "You actually might be really surprised on that one, eh? Crane I've met have all been.. rather interested in me. Last night even had one interested because I was a ronin. Not usually a good sign but," she shrugged. "Well, he seemed harmless enough, eh? Talked a bit at...

"Someone like you, I figure you wouldn't be caught out like that unless you wanted it, " she said, putting her hand to test the wound a little. She winced, it still hurt. Shaking her head she looked to Yue with a little smirk. "Considering you're not as reckless as I am, probably doesn't happen ofte...

Having Shouji be the person she relied on for advice most was unexpected, but really welcome! I enjoyed our scenes a lot, thank you for all of them!

And giving this lil' ol' ronin a job

Ronin stuff was stellar, tacking on my voice there.

That Yoko and Yue were both originally Scorpion is too amusing to me. I love it.

"I'm sure Tsuruchi-sama would be glad to have you aboard, eh? Way I figure would mean that we'd have some more time to chat at least, way my future is looking. Still," she gave a wave of her hand. Shrugged, "Honest? When we came here I would have never. I.. well, I'm not sure about their little arra...

Thank you! For the same reason! Even better that not only was it nice to have a ronin buddy, but that they complemented each others characters in good ways too!

/scene, thanks!

"To that," she added, a smirk as she joined herself to the toast.

Random extra nugget:

This very much became the song I listened to when I needed to vibe with Yoko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHGqvbSjkA

Very much became the one most associated with her story/development.

My proper answer would be that I didn't hold too many expectations going in. I had a strong sense of her character, and was committed to seeing what she would do with her time. How she might develop as in relation to the events of the game. Finally, also how her unique character traits would cause h...

I'd point to the first two lines in my initial post as the best answer. Otherwise, hard to comment where we're at now.

Yue was precious.

What was the inspiration or influence for Yue? Also, any fun backstory/background stuff that went into her character you'd like to share?

She's got two: Bayushi governess of Ryoko Owari who was her birth mother. (This one's a secret, one she keeps as best she can.) Former Kakita duelist turned ronin who "adopted"/raised her. This was the woman she honored with everything she considered good about herself. Yoko differentiated when she ...

Yoko is, and will forever be, one of my favorite characters. She had a nice character-makeup going into the game that I felt could have sent her in any number of directions. Where she wound up is super cool. Questions, comments, feedback, are all welcome. Thank you to all who played parts in her sto...