"Yes, a fine painting indeed." Hadananzi turned to his work, that curious expression on his features again. It passed quickly, though, and a moment later he was sitting beside Ayano, inspecting her work more thoroughly. "But let's not overshadow what you've done here today. For a first work this is ...

Hadananzi was lost within his own work for a time, painting almost as if in a trance. Each sweep of the brush was more confident and ferocious than the last. The world seemed to disappear around him, until all that existed was him, the paints, and the canvas. https://orokos.com/roll/897661 When he w...

"A good way to look at it, there are often many different layers to a given painting. Each stroke of the brush adds to the greater whole, creating harmony and majesty." Hadananzi dipped his own brush in some paint and began to confidently sweep it across the paper in broad, bold strokes. "Just let y...

"Each brush has a different shape to it, but it is entirely possible to paint an entire scene with just one. Generally speaking, the larger brushes are for large, broad strokes while the smaller ones are for finer details." Hadananzi selected his own brush with a warm smile. "Typically one starts at...

"Ah, something to address later then, yes." Hadananzi's smile is warm and inviting as he gestures once again. "Yes, specially treated paper, something to which paint adheres more readily." He motioned for Ayano to sit beside the array of brushes and paints. "Perhaps you shall, perhaps not. I want yo...

"Good morning Makime-san, I hope you have had rice today?" Hadananzi's bow was flawless in execution, and as he rode he gestured to the surrounding supplies. "Let it never be said that a Crane was unprepared in the avenues of artistic creativity. I wanted to share my specific passion among the arts,...

Bright and early, Hadananzi had the gardens set up for Makime Ayano's lessons in art portrayal. Several little stations had been set up for use throughout the day, but the one Hadananzi was favoring focused exclusively on painting. A myriad of brushes, paints, and inks were set up around the area, a...

“Then make the time, dear brother, whatever tasks you have that keep you busy can come second to my tending to my dear sister. At least for the short term,” Dojihime responded. “No perhaps, dear brother, just do it or someone else will,” she added from behind her fan. "You are right, of course, dea...

"I admire your excitement," she said giving him a sidelong look. "My sister must be thrilled to have so passionate an artist at her side." "Ah, your sister is a work of art in and of herself. Would that I had more time to spend with her these past few days. I should set aside some time for that as ...

"Maybe you could, I think I would find better way to use my time, by doing anything else... even reading granary reports. Hypocrisy is rife through much of the Empire, why should monks be the exception?" she said from behind her fan. "Knowledge is power and any with power seek to maintain it throug...

"How... esoteric," she mused. She teased, "If I didn't know better, brother, I would think you are jealous. The great Lord Hadananzi humbled by a a monk in the snow." Hadananzi's smile grew wry at the little jab. "You wound me, dear sister, suggesting that my humility needed such a blow. I merely f...

"I don't get it, even from that brief explanation," she said honestly. "Perhaps they misconstrue being charitable and working towards good order as great acts of heroism when it is simply doing what makes for an ordered society. Who can say?" "Indeed. What's more, this Kuu can evidently heat his bo...

Monks sounded dreadfully boring so she just nodded in agreement. She then added, "Well I suppose I had not missed as much as I thought. I did enjoy speaking with Jiyo Sora, he isn't what I expected but still about as father described. What did the monk have to say on philosophy?" "He was from the O...

“Now, with the serious matter dealt with do catch me up on who is of interest to speak with and who I should avoid… and I value Honesty. I don’t wish to waste my time with dullards,” she said with a smirk from behind her fan. "In all truth, I've not spoken to many since the courts began. Makime-san...

“She has something, not my first choice but I see the political strengths of the match and the aesthetic is there as well. But I think Genji-kun needs a more physical woman to keep pace with him, so she seems the best choice of those present short of the monstrous Spider woman though I have not see...

"Of course," she replied to her brother. "The real trick is to get Genji-kun to go along with the plan," she said with a mischievous smirk. "I am certain Genji-san can be brought around, especially if what you say about these curves proves correct." Hadananzi added his own mischief to the current r...

“More his mother at this point, she seemed overly keen on matching her son with a valued paramour. Crab seem advantageous for their political ties, and if we could bring them into the Bakufu would be a wonderfully powerful military component to the alliance alongside the Lion,” she said with a smil...

"Has she now? What did she do that caught the attention of Genji-san?"

"You see my goals clearly, dear brother. The Lion are an integral piece to add to the alliance and Makime Ayano in the specific is one I am eager to know. She has a keen intellect," she said warmly. "Any of the Crab grabbed your interest?" "That she does. A potent ally indeed, and not simply for th...

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"You have my voice," she offered warmly to her kin.

"And am grateful for it, dear sister. Perhaps together we can forge a stronger friendship with the Lion through a shared appreciation of art."