Misaki sits up a little as Kawauso's hand leaves her cheek, looking over the garment, "It is. You look perfect. And don't let anyone there tell you otherwise, okay?" "Hai, Misaki-san," Kawauso says with confidence. Smiling, she does a last turn -- slowly, to not trigger any motion sickness in Misak...

"Hai; I will stay here and take care of myself, I promise." At this point she'd removed the cloth from her forehead. There was still a gash there from where it'd been bleeding, but that had stopped. The Lion gives a long exhale at sight of the gash, fighting back a frown of concern so she doesn't a...

Kawauso, in no condition to argue at this time, remains where she is, murmuring and groaning as Misaki's work continues.

At one point, after a long exhale, the Lion mutters, "You're only making me want to stay with you more..."

*considers whether Influence can buy love*

"Yes, my people. The Daikawa are the people of the Great Western River, from before the empire made that a divider between clans. And I'm a river guardian, which the clans would say is like a samurai of my people, but I'm a river guardian because those are the skills my father taught me and I'm best...

Misaki cleared her throat, "Well... as much as that might be nice, I would not be any fun, just lying here and recovering. If you had to ask me, I'd want you to head back with the others, show off the kimono and all the hard work that I put into it, and the hard work you put into showing it off. Be...

*retains unshakeable faith in Team Birb*

The Lion's breath catches as Misaki moves closer, her eyes closing as she anticipates the touch. When Misaki's hands arrive, Kawauso's first breath comes as a gasp. Within a few moments, her breathing has calmed as she melts into this experience. "Better for me," Kawauso sighs at one point. "Yes, Mi...

"Enjoy yourself, show off, have fun. There's no greater compliment to an artist than someone enjoying their work and wanting to show it off to others." A small grin. "Though, I will admit, being praised more directly hasn't exactly been a bad thing either." The humor gives Kawauso a small smile, an...

There's a twitch of longing through Kawauso's body as the hand drifts from her cheek. She exhales heavily, perhaps even sways the tiniest bit as she listens to Misaki. "A m-massage," she asks, suddenly breathless. "Uh, perhaps... perhaps another invention," she says hastily. "Something to, um, focus...

Kawauso nods respectfully as she listens, taking in the history. "Perhaps some of the old Daikawa," she murmurs at one point, though she doesn't form it into an actual question. When Zhe is finished, she responds. "It sounds like the Wu would be great Champions of the common people -- different as t...

"Yes, Hantei-sama, I think we are," she says, restraining a burst of excitement at what he'd said. "And we have so much in common, like the sumai, the wine event, and the battle scenario that you did so well in..." She takes an excited breath, finding him as easy to talk to as she has before.

Her hair had come out of it's loose tie, the dancing and playing seemingly breaking that hold. Long enough to reach past her waist, having never know the edge of a blade. She was still laughing boisterously, maybe the stress and the weight of everything cracking through in this release. Her flute t...

Kawauso smiles, another sparkle appearing in her eyes. "Um," she says nervously. "I'm sorry to smile. Please forgive me, but... That's... Both the duty, and the... Lack of friends, that's..." She forces herself to stop and form a sentence. "I haven't had, um, a lot of experience, with the ways of th...

I think Lion may be 17, as Moshi has 1, Ayano 7 and Kawauso 9. Have a hard time wiping all of us out, and begging extra, to get to 20, and then there are no personal things accomplished... I would expect there will be some influence award for characters that remained in the game, but if there isn't....

"Well, that was a design I made to compliment you. This was more an invention sort of thing. I suppose it just depends on what would be more what you would be excited to wear. I know you've been excited about my inventions in the past couple of days, but rare is the young woman who doesn't like sho...

Kawauso blushes and looks down. "I mean, it's not... fancy art or anything..." She takes a heavy breath. "I just, um... have really, uh..." She stops, giggles, then sets the mask on the floor. "I'm sorry." She picks up her water cup and takes two sips, steadying herself. She smiles at Genji, a littl...

Intrigued, Kawauso moves to sit on a rock -- one that looks rather less impressive with the tall woman's long legs draped over it. She nods at the comment about terrain, recalling she's used the exact same language. "I have felt exactly that way, Wu-sama. The ways of the empire are... strange and di...

Kawauso pours water for them, then sits and sets the cups down. "Well... Good friends, yes..." She's looking at him curiously. "With, um, some special memories..." Her voice trails off as she seems to be trying to think through this situation while also living it. "Oh, um, what I wanted to show you,...

She looks at him, a little disbelieving. "Because you're..." She giggles a little again. "Alright, come in. Here, uh, have a seat..." Her small table was moved to one side of the room, where on and near it were what appeared to be several carving projects. A relatively tidy but not small pile of woo...