"Oh...I know my talents will be needed, not just those for war..." Ayano's frown deepened as she raised the bokken again, "But I can't afford to be an easy target anymore." She made several stiff strikes, her breathing was heavier then it should be for the effort she had made so far. "If these...cr...

"The matter is resolved. We need never speak of this again. There are no bad feelings." There was a sense of relief at Kinsen's words. Her posture relaxed, before making her way to where she had tossed the top of her kimono. As she grabbed it, she looked to Satsuki. Her eyes shone brightly, as she s...

Matsu's face turned with the slap, her stance shifting as she tries to maintain her balance. Her fists clench, considering striking back. But, she relaxes, exhaling. Stretching her neck one way, and then the other. She bowed to Kinsen, then looked to her. "I apologize for calling your honor into que...

Matsu's eyes narrow, as her feet adjust, preparing to charge in with her fists. She blinked.

EE8 - Iai Player Event RP Thread - Focus (Void 3, Jiujitsu 1, MS1 +6, Center Stance +1k1+3): 5d10o10k4+9 33 Kinsen wins by 25. She strikes first.

Matsu's ATN is 20

Her eyes locked on her opponent. Back muscles flexed as she centered herself.

EE8 - Iai Player Event RP Thread - Assessment (Awareness 2, Jiujitsu 1, MS1 +6, TN20, Asking Void Points): 3d10o10k2+6 27

Matsu has Jiujitsu 1.

She sets the bokken on the rack, moving to the Iai ring. Moving through a warm up kata. The musculature of her arms, her shoulders, her back, all flexing and relaxing as she did so.

"Yes. Waiting on you." She spoke calmly and on the level.

Matsu had decided to walk the garden early. Seeing the game, and the jubilant cries of the children, she opted to join them. With her great strength, she could help create as many snowballs as possible, suplexing larger snowballs when needed for flair. Charging with the children, she made a break fo...

Kawauso beams at the other woman, a bit like a younger sibling, after their older sibling says they'll beat up anybody who bullies them. "This is very true, Hisomu-san." She bows her head. "Thank you. So much." She looks up, still beaming. "I should, um, get ready for my song. But I hope we speak m...

"That's not how that works. I already issued the challenge, you can't issue a different challenge." The face Matsu makes is incredulous. When Susumu placed his hand on her shoulder, she sneered. "Get your hand off my shoulder, or I'll break it off." Her anger growing when he patted her even more so....

"That is helpful," Kawauso says. Then, in a quieter voice, she adds: "I didn't use to worry so much about it. But here... All the clans, all these rules... I wouldn't want to stay here, but if I go and there's no one to speak for my people back home..." Again she looks at the taller woman. "Maybe r...

The Lion nods. "One's whole heart," she repeats. "Um. I think it will be my turn soon, but if I might ask, how do you do that? Unleashing your whole heart when there are so many rules about how, and when..." The look that Kawauso gives Matsu is like that of a younger sibling, looking up at their id...

"Then you rely on your unit." She replied to that, stepping beside the Makime heir. "This new enemy, they'll need to be defeated in the mind, before we take the field with them." She shook her head. "Do not doubt your talents, or think that the battlefield might be as we already know it." Matsu's ey...

"Hai, most pleasant," Kawauso says with a smile. "Giving it your whole energy would fit right in with my people. The, ah, more restrained versions of things like sumai that are practiced by some clans... They feel a bit foreign," she admits. "In another time, I might have found a home with your peo...

"I'd be honored, Satsuki-sama." She looked to her friend, bowing her head solemnly, then looking to Kinsen again. "Imperial Law dictates that we resolve things within our clans. The Imperial Authority is to prevent war. This is a personal matter." She hefts the bokken, taking a few practice swings, ...

"No, no, no." She seethed. "No backing down now. Right here, right now. Just you. And me. These bokken." She held the training weapon out. "One perfect strike. You win, there's nothing else to be said." She already was removing her kimono, revealing heavily defined musculature in her shoulders, her ...

EE8 - Iai Player Event RP Thread - Brash Check (Willpower 3, Honor 6.5, TN25) : 3d10o10+6 20 Matsu saw red. First the woman threatened to kill her father, if time didn't. Then she called her, a grown woman, Matsu- chan . And now, she talks down to Satsuki. The one person who through this time, trap...

Kinsen smiles back, saying, “Matsu-chan will have to forgive me. Either time or myself will have to see the end of her dear father.” Her grip on the wooden sword tightened. Her jaw set tightly, and her eyes narrowed. "I apologize, Hantei Kinsen-sama. I must have misheard. Did you... just threaten m...

"Oh we are well aware of that." Ayano frowned again, "That is why you must have flexibility, however...even the greatest warrior is can be felled without food or unprepared or outnumbered. Planning helps with that." She lowers the bokken breathing heavily, "...I see. My own experiences with mother ...

Kinsen takes a long while to reply Matsu's statement. Then, she sighs and shakes her head, "If I die and he's the last of the Noriaki, my promise to Hantei will be broken, and so my honor. It may sound foolish to some, but an oath is an oath." "Oaths are serious business. They are far more than pro...

"Plans fall apart when they are tested against reality. Plan all you want, but in the end, it comes down to execution." She watxhed the woman practicing without comment. Her eyes closed when Ayano asked her question. "He was all I had for a long time. After ma passed. It was just me and him. Even wh...