Wedding at Fire Shrimp Village an L5R PbP

"In a manner, though I am more keen on the stars and the reactions of others then traditional puzzles." Tanaka smiled, "But those sort of mental games help exercise the mind, like you would exercise your sword arm." Her smile turns more sly, "Or do you mean...well puzzles of a different sort, those ...

And follow Tanaka did, "Then...how would it even be possible?" Her features creased in a deep frown. "Perhaps...this is a matter for the priests. I am only partly learned in...well I am not sure who is truly learned in days repeating but if any it would be a priest or scholar." She rubbed the crown ...

"Well in that we have changed yesterday, because I did not meet you then," Tanaka let out a sigh, "But yes, I woke up this morning and everything, everything was the same. I have a good memory...all my items were in the same place, my scrolls were as they where when I awoke yesterday...despite havin...

"It is alright, my question was vague and the stars response just as vague." Tanaka smirked at that, "I fear its meaning will be come obvious only in hindsight." "But it would be nice to puzzle out before that no? I have met a magistrate of your clan here as well, perhaps it would be of use to him. ...

Koemi smiled faintly, not really understanding the joke but at least understanding that it was one. "It certainly does require coordination," she admitted, though she did pat her exposed biceps. "Helps to be able to brute force from time to time though." "Ah, I see...sometimes you just have to bare...

"At least until after the wedding," Tanaka replied with a slight nod and then stood up, "Good or ill come what may, no? Though I wish you good fortune on the way forward."

Tanaka arrived and clearly something weighed heavy on her mind., "This...was different from yesterday." Was her first comment, "Or at least I do not remember it...and that is unusual for me." The Kitsuki studies the Mantis intently, "My apologies, I may be babbling about things that make little sens...

"A noble sentiment, and one I would not mind seeing across the entirety of the Empire." Tanaka smiled in return, "But I am surprised you would feel the wedding is in danger." She tapped her cheek considering something, " The stars read, trouble in the quadrant of the morning star, unseen implication...

"So how have you found your time on your own then?" Tanaka chuckled, "Now that you are fully stretching out your wings?"

Tanaka was already on her way to the shore line, having realized that the day was repeating. She had the foresight of memory to aid her now. And this time her impassioned pleas proved more successful. Particularly her second plea, a lot of emotion from yesterday flowed out in one single beautiful cr...

Tanaka wakes up, she blinks...everything was the same. She was a pretty orderly young woman but this...was the exact same. Her belongs laid out exactly as they were...yesterday. The world collapses around her as she suddenly hops up and looks outside. Everything was the same. Well things had just go...

"I believe that goes with out saying Tsuruchi-sama," Tanaka smirked, "But one may wish to choose their words carefully around me, lest I politely remind them of their past language...at perhaps an inopportune time." Her expression softened well, "For what it is worth I wish you luck in your burdens,...

"Well to cross from Crab to Crane is far easier then from Crab to Dragon." Tanaka chuckles at that, "But yes I will linger long enough to see if any missives were sent for me from the Dragon, then decide on a new destination and send word home."

"Have you done this often? Broken up with your mother and then returned to share your experiences?"

"Mmm, less a talent for languages and more just a good memory." Tanaka responded with a slight chuckle. "Especially when it is something novel. Are you the only one on your ship familiar with the language?" "I suppose there is nothing wrong with ambition. Though I am given to understanding command i...

"I will be here for awhile, if I have no word from home I will just continue my journey. Perhaps into the east and the lands of the Unicorn? Or perhaps I will receive some new directive and find myself at permanent station somewhere."

Tanaka raised a brow at that, "Is there some worry of it being disrupted?" She rubbed her chin, "Or is it just a fear that the wedding will not be up to your clan's well known standard of excellence." The chuckle and her tone made her teasing obvious. Her expression grows more serious, "Ah yes...ten...

Tanaka blinked, " Where the wind takes me. " She manages to say slowly, and surprisingly well...barring the sounds that would be unfamiliar to her lips. She leans her head to the side and crosses her arm, looking up sideways in thought, "...from the west or from the east?" She shrugs, "From the west...

"I have been in the Dragon lands for much of my life." Tanaka bobbed her head, "I sought a posting away from the homeland, what better way to actually see the lands beyond the mountains then walk to the opposite end of the Empire?" "I admit...I expected to just be one of a few courtiers, but I suppo...

"You speak of the sin of regret," Tanaka shrugged, "I speak of the artistic capture of a moment. There seems little wrong with the want to preserve a moment of beauty and pass that moment on to others. Or for that matter trying to recreate moments of joy in one's life." "It is when one becomes obses...

Tanaka smiled at that, "I see, and are you hoping to rejoin her after all this? Or perhaps much further down the road?"

"Two years and already visited near every port on the coast?" Tanaka smiled, "But where else would you be capable of going? Surely by now its becoming just a repeat of where you had been before." She knew well enough that strange gaijin lay to the west...ones that interfered with the Rokugani once. ...

"Some would call the fleeting the best inspiration." Tanaka chuckled to herself, speak to Crane and you will inevitably talk art, "The struggle to recapture a moment that will never return. One of the ultimate expressions of skill no?" She bobbed her head in thought, "Might I ask if you are just par...

Tanaka frowned slightly at the mention of dirty hands, but did not press the issue. "True true, I suppose anything can sound romantic if phrased correctly." She paused a second and seemed to consider her next question. "I take it you are no longer travelling with your mother?"

"My pleasure to meet you then Kakita-sama." Tanaka rubbed her chin, "So then, born Kakita trained among the stoic Iron Warriors but still possessing the artistic soul of your family?" Her eyes move to the dune and then the surrounding area, "In truth I thought you had wished to listen to the waves a...