Wedding at Fire Shrimp Village an L5R PbP

I'm really sorry to everyone with ongoing threads with Keigo, but with stuff coming up, I'm going to have to drop. Have a ton of fun here for me, and let me know how it goes!

It took until Keigo left the inn to realize that anything was strange, but then he noticed everyone moving in the same patterns as yesterday, the same overheard conversations. The nightmares last night had been the same as the day before. Something weird was going on. -- MM 4, Time Loop Roll, Void, ...

"That's a tragedy, Kakita-sama. I'm sorry for your loss," he replied. He bowed his head. "Still... Ultimately, what everyone knew and what people believe should be is immaterial. You were the one meant to be here in the end. Just like I was meant to find you today. Maybe you'll handle it better than...

"I see." Keigo rose and bowed. "It's an honor to meet you, Asahina-sama."

"Fate brought me here, to you, Kakita-sama. I think that would suggest I am needed here right now, if you're willing to forgive my rather direct curiosity," he responded kindly before listening quietly to what he had to say. "Perhaps. If it matters to you, then it matters. Life does take us in unexp...

I'm starting to think that many of us are quite lonely deep down... Keigo nodded as he listened, saying, "I would if you needed that to get through it all and I didn't think it would be an imposition on your hospitality. My time is my own. Speak as much as you need to. I can imagine how difficult i...

"Perhaps. I have a particular philosophical interest in how other people approach the complications of their lives, so if you ever do feel comfortable speaking of it, I'd be more than happy to listen," he assured. "Though I have seen some between here and the mountains. The vast differences in the w...

Kakita Konohamaru wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:57 am

"Of course," he pulls out the seat so the Dragon can join him, "By all means."

He took the seat nearby. "How have things been for you in the days since we last spoke? Village treating you all right?"

Asahina Sanaharu wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:49 am

"Have you eaten your portion of rice today, Kakita-senpai, Togashi-san?" He asks, paying attention to the monk. Strange one.

"I haven't, but that's normal," he responded pleasantly. "And yourself?"

"Oh, it just seems like one's feelings need to be filtered to be acceptable."

He bowed to the newcomer. "Good morning. I am Togashi Keigo."

Keigo chuckled at the sarcasm, stepping into the yard. He bowed politely. He revealed himself to be dressed only int the trousers of a monk, sandals, and tattoos. "I don't feel a lack of welcome, so no need to apologise. Quite the notability, Kakita-sama. I am Togashi Keigo, a monk of our Clan found...

Kakita Konohamaru wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:34 pm

Konohamaru stands from his seat to bow to the dragon. "Togashi-san. It has been a while since we've talked. Has the city found you well?"

"This far it has. And yourself?" He gestures to another seat near. "Do you mind if I join you?"

Once again, art seemed to summon him into the surroundings of the Blue Bird House. Before it was dancing. Now it was music. Someone attempting something more complex but ending with something a little cliche. Poor person. Once it was finished, he knocked on the gate and poked his head in. "My apolog...

Keigo, staying at the inn, almost walked past Konohamaru as he went about his day. He managed to spot him in time, though, and stopped, bowing to the Crane. "Oh, Kakita-sama. It's a pleasure to see you again."

"I'm not sure they've always been so organized in their approach, but it's good at spotting unusual talents as well as prodigies who naturally excel in several art forms at once. I have been doing tattoos for several years now. So not a novice anymore but still far from mastery. My training have be...

He chuckled at that. "The willingness to try and learn is the important thing. Everyone does things differently - it's what makes the Empire such a vibrant place." He looked down at himself and the flames and waves wrapping around each shoulder. "They connect me to the elements, in a way. The depth ...

He broke into a grin. "That's the spirit!"

"The Asahina teachers have their pupils try a wide variety of arts to see for which one we have the most natural and spiritual affinity with. After many lukewarm results with other art forms, the spirits ended up reacting very positively to my mock attempt at tattooing. So I'm quite literary follow...

"I did travel to the north though my stay in your lands has been shorter than I would have liked. Due to the complex and rapidly shifting political situation there, my lord has deemed better to call me back early. I hope to be able to return one day, under more stable circumstances, to properly com...

"It's interesting that one form of honest passion and self-expression is considered positive and others are considered offensive or taboo," he mused. At the question, he tilted his head a little. "Hmm... Learning, I suppose. I feel very strongly about learning."

Yuma had managed to miss the Togashi he had heard about so far, but it wasn't really possible to not notice him at the moment, his distinctive tattoos even more exposed than usual. He slipped out of the crowd in turn to join him. He bowed: "Togashi-sama? This one is Doji Yuma, priest of the Crane, ...

"I would," he agreed with a smile. "It would ruin the art? How so? I'm curious about your thoughts."

"Apparently he has some sort of bad reputation among his Clan, one even young children know of. I don't know the details, though."

He nodded, leaning forward a little to listen with obvious interest - whether in her or the topic or both. "I see... I'd love to see one fully eventually. You're very skilled, of course, but there's also a special joy in watching the performance of someone who lives what they're doing."

He laughed at that. "That does seem like... An effort."

At first, the change in topic threw him and he turned red, but then realized the subject had changed to tattoos. "No, I completely agree on that front. How does attention to detail manifest in dancing, I wonder?"