snip "Seeing without eyes? I supposed you talked with the Consort about this one? A common theme seems to be the reinforcement of the body, and I'm wondering if there's a price to pay for that. If you use a kiho to run twice as fast, do you to rest four times longer than usual after the race?" snip...

Ayumu gave the sailor an inquisitive look: "That one joke isn't funny Otomo-sama. What happens at sea stays at sea. However as soon as a man sets foot on the soil of the Empire, he is responsible for his acts, past and present, before the Emperor's justice. I was hoping for an actual explanation, so...

Kuu wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:11 pm

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"Guess some legends are just that. Legends. Within the limits of our current knowledge at least.

Are all kiho that martial? You yourself said your current one was initially designed for battle."

snip Ayumu welcomed the little family in turn, then answered: "Definitely interesting for sure. I don't know if that was supposed to be a lesson but knowing our Dragon friends I won't discount it. When I learned it as a child, even if I lived in a prosperous tribe, cooking was fundamentally about g...

Ayumu bowed and picked up his lantern: "Thanks for the talk too Doji-sama. A good conversation is always two-way. I'll follow your example in a few minutes. The Order of Heroes we just talked about is organizing an informal event that should start very soon and that I plan to attend, so, unless I di...

"Sorry to bother you Monk-sama, but I couldn't help but notice the technique you are using. How are you able to attune to the element of fire with so much ice around?" "It is internal energy. All beings have the elements flowing through them, I am altering mine to favor fire," he explains. "It's a ...

"And what happens next? You find a new land, you go home, you report the discovery to your lord or lady... And? Is a new team sent to explore it? Who gets to name it if it turns to indeed be inhabited? And were some natural resources to be discovered there, who would get to exploit them? The limits ...

Ayumu tried to size how many rice balls he needed to make from the number of guests and the number of dishes already available. His calculations ended up with "no more than a dozen and you're already probably wasting food with that number". The feast was already big enough to feed an army, and extra...

Ayumu's original plan was to cook some sushi. But when life gives you no fish, you make onigiri instead. Shio-musubi even. Or, in less fancy terms, modest rice balls with no filling. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQxbFXIvJQltdp9D2tGQbQ7bVRiaSDe5_3jZaRdyKfxy-JzK_p5_3CK8xRKFljf...

Kuu had been present to observe the fishing, but his personal desire to not hurt people or animals prevented him from getting involved. And so he sat on the ground engulfed in mystical body heat, to provide warmth as a campfire might for other observers. He was literally burning hot to the touch, b...

Appropriately dressed for the cold, Ayumu quietly joined the other fishcatchers, meticulously cut a hole in the ice, peacefully set up his fishing rod, and serenely caught nothing. ---- D4EM | Ice Fishing | Cold hands, warm heart | Earth TN10 | No raise : 3d10o10k3 11 -> Pass D4EM | Ice Fishing | Br...

"Written by a god but read by humans. Some artists are able to perceive thousands of nuance of green. Some persons are unable to differentiate green from red. If you show a painting from the former to the later, most of the nuance will be lost on them, no matter how much time they spend contemplatin...

"Can you expand on the shores no others have found part? Without context, I'm not sure if you're referencing the ports of the Nezumi Empire, some rocky island barely big enough for a single man to stand on it, new lands that no man or god has explored beyond its shores yet, or the legendary palace o...

"As the proverb goes: No payment before I've seen the goods . I'll wait to hear the actual petition before providing any kind of official support. But that's mostly for the principle of it. If your petition is alongside the lines of what we've just discussed, there should be no issue at all. However...

Jiyo Sora wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:31 pm

Hantei Kinsen wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:29 pm

The Jiyo are plotting yet another move and she can feel it lurking nearby.

Are we? So far we have Ayumu (who is a perfectly pleasant and even-handed guy) and a grumpy old bastard whose plans are largely reactive rather than active...

There's a third Jiyo in town.

"While I grew in what was then Isawa lands, not so far from the coast, I was not born at the seashore and my day-to-day life was far more focused on the inland rice fields that on the mysteries of the sea. My second life in service of Shiba has then kept me even further away from the coast. So what'...

"Seems good to me. Do you plan to present a petition to Shiba in that regard in the following days? And if not, why, and is there anything I can do to help with the issue?"

"I definitely won't comment on my own virtue, one way or the other. As for Bushido , I have read it but I haven't studied in it in depth and I don't keep a copy on me at all time. It's an interesting book for sure but my personal opinion is that the best way to understand a book is to read many othe...

"Different jobs ask for different degrees of width and depth of knowledge indeed. Proper balance is key, as in all things. And the Hopeful Endeavor really? Such a name suggests a daring ship, the kind that goes as far at it can into the outer sea in search of new lands." Ayumu's tone was light, slig...

"Yes at the moment the Empire is so big and its people so few in comparison that conflicts are naturally limited in size. Even if the clans are growing at an impressive pace, it won't be before several generations that they will start competing for resources instead of claiming them in unaligned lan...