Taking forever to write short posts is a good sign one should go to sleep.

Hantei Kinsen wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:11 pm

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"What would be a suitable match in your opinion? Another Kami child? Someone strong? Someone clever? Someone kind?

And do you have a grand plan up your sleeve to help find that perfect candidate?"

Ayumu bowed in turn: "Jiyo Ayumu, born of the Isawa. Duty sent me into the cold. The palace staff had to reorganize a bit to handle the siege of the palace by the snow, and I'm helping filling in the blanks. At the moment, I'm doing emergency damage control in the garden, checking that nothing is ab...

"As for myself I'm Jiyo Ayumu, born of the Isawa, simple servant of Shiba." Bow and all, followed by a circumspect stare at the end of all that politeness. "Pardon me, but I fail to see the correlation between the fact you're the head of your delegation and the fact you're the first child of the sec...

snip "That makes me wonder: What is Genji's official role in the Stag current hierarchy at the moment? Of what, or maybe of who, is he in charge? I guess a heir has other duties that simply waiting for their time. For reference, I think, though my information might be a bit out of date and should b...

"Need anything Doji-sama?" The question had been asked with a polite dose of worry, and was backed up by a similarly concerned stare. Ayumu had been using the respite in the storm to check in what disarray exactly was the garden after so much snow (current state: it actually looks nice because the s...

snip "No offense taken. You honor me with your proposal, I was just caught unaware." He finally found Genji thanks to Kinsen's help. The resemblance with his father was uncanny... But where Hantei's presence would have radiated through the whole room (at a time literally), his son kept his aura in ...

snip "I'll see what I can do... But please leave me a bit of time to train and reattain an acceptable level of skill. Even if the snowstorm has considerably shaken up the schedule of everyone working in the palace, I should be able to sneak a few hours of practice needlework here and there if I put...

"All the same." His eyebrow had slightly twitched at the word "senior" when the girl didn't look older than twenty at max. But looking one's age tended to be optional in the entourage of the Kami. He tried to recall if there was some sort of particular shenanigan with the Makime's bloodline but... W...

Damn, this event raises the bar high for all the other ones.

Sleepy sleep of sleepiness.

While Ayumu was a devoted Fortunist, his prayers did not follow any strict schedule. He had chosen to go to the temple today on an impulse more than anything else, at the end of a quick patrol through the gardens, to check if anything needed emergency fixing after the damages of the still ongoing sn...

snip At first glance at least, Kinsen was indeed the rock of permanence among the ocean of change, in body as in spirit. "Your oldest son... Genji is that it? I guess he is of age... But why the sudden rush? With his parentage, he should have no issue finding the perfect spouse eventually. You did ...

Ayumu was already about to leave when Masanori offered his help, and he might have pretended not to have heard him and continued on his way. Half to cut short to the contest of courtesy, half because he wanted to do it himself to prove he still had his ways through the palace in spite of his long ab...

snip "The one where people are surprised we aren't dead or at least in a retirement home? I must admit, to anyone born after the funding of the clans, people old enough to remember the before time must appear as ancient as if someone was telling us rocks and pointy sticks were the pinnacle of techn...

Kinsen notices someone she has to talk with and moves toward his direction. With a bow, she greets, "Jiyo-san. I hope you have had your rice today. May Lady Sun bless you a thousandfold. How have you been doing these years?" Ayumu returned the salute. "Hello lady Kinsen. It's always a pleasure to s...

"A pause in a task of little urgency is a small price to pay to make a new friend or to reconnect with an old one." Ayumu saluted the newcomers with a very much informal light bow of the head. "Nozomi, Mayumi, nice to see you again. How many years has it been since the last time? Pretty sure Mayumi ...

Lost somewhere within the crowd, dressed in his ordinary, nothing special uniform, Ayumu was quietly observing what transpired in the hall. Court was busy, but still very much manageable, which was a relief. There had been some worry among the palace staff that things would turn hectic today with th...

History does not repeat itself. But it rhymes. The situation was reminding him of another exchange of stories after sunset an eternity ago. It would be easy to get lost in reminiscing, to confuse Phi with Nozomi, Saruko with Satsuki. And unfair to all. And ultimately pointless. He had been criticizi...

:( There, there, I, the player, think it's a lovely event. :lol: The player is indeed perfectly fine with that event, but the character sure sees contestants like this: https://i.imgur.com/bJY41v9.jpg What's next? Breeding dogs by only selecting "cute" traits at the detriment of viable traits, endi...