D4LE, Stag Rooms: Sumai After-party (Open!)

[Jiyo Sora]

"And calluses might build up, but they blunt feeling."

Another nod.

"It makes sense, really. But there's no way to live without collecting such scars. At least, not and do anything. And there's a lot as needs doing, even without," he gestures around.

"That there is."

Like squashing power grabs.

"The older I get, the more I find that the exercise of power is only partially about planning, and partially about adept improvisation."

[Otomo Gusai]

"That there is."

Like squashing power grabs.

"The older I get, the more I find that the exercise of power is only partially about planning, and partially about adept improvisation."

"I've been told I should study more arts," Gusai replies. "I might take up acting. What kind of role seems to present itself?"

I guess this is about the conversation yesterday at the shrine, that damned mutiny brewing.

[Jiyo Sora]

"I've been told I should study more arts," Gusai replies. "I might take up acting. What kind of role seems to present itself?"

I guess this is about the conversation yesterday at the shrine, that damned mutiny brewing.

"If I told you, Otomo-san, would it really be an improvisation?"

[Otomo Gusai]

"If I told you, Otomo-san, would it really be an improvisation?"

Gusai gives a puff of laughter.

"Fair point, Jiro-sama, and taken," he says. "I wonder how the coming production the Crane propose will go."

[Jiyo Sora]

Gusai gives a puff of laughter.

"Fair point, Jiro-sama, and taken," he says. "I wonder how the coming production the Crane propose will go."

Sora chuckled.

"I expect to find it very... amusing."

I may laugh myself into an internal rupture, in fact.

[Otomo Gusai]

Sora chuckled.

"I expect to find it very... amusing."

I may laugh myself into an internal rupture, in fact.

"Will you be acting in it?" Gusai asks, voice innocent enough. "I've seen some of their recruitment efforts. I'd guess no few will be taken in by them."

[Jiyo Sora]

"Will you be acting in it?" Gusai asks, voice innocent enough. "I've seen some of their recruitment efforts. I'd guess no few will be taken in by them."

"Bah, I'm no actor. Besides. I'm not sure I'd fit the style of the production."

[Otomo Gusai]

"Bah, I'm no actor. Besides. I'm not sure I'd fit the style of the production."

"Who might, though?" Gusai asks. "And, more, who might be poised to take leading roles in future productions, if things go well this time around?"

[Jiyo Sora]

"Who might, though?" Gusai asks. "And, more, who might be poised to take leading roles in future productions, if things go well this time around?"

"Not sure. But if you cast a wide net, you can never be sure what you'll pull up..."

[Otomo Gusai]

"Not sure. But if you cast a wide net, you can never be sure what you'll pull up..."

Gusai chuckles. It's a metaphor whose vehicle is all too familiar to him.

"And all too often some detritus," he says, "or some fish not worth the time it takes to haul up."

[Makime Ayano]

"I think we will have much to discuss and contemplate in the coming days, Makime-san," she said warmly.

Ayano blushed slightly, "Yes, but hopefully not all on the subject of alliances. I admire your clan's skill at the arts. My family has worked to perfect silk and its production but the Crane tailors have truly made that silk it to sublime beauty."

[Doji Dojihime]

Ayano blushed slightly, "Yes, but hopefully not all on the subject of alliances. I admire your clan's skill at the arts. My family has worked to perfect silk and its production but the Crane tailors have truly made that silk it to sublime beauty."

"Of course not, I have it on good authority that my brother is excited to share his artistic talents with you on the morrow, and he has enlisted me to aid him," she responded warmly.

"I am honored to be apart of the endeavor."

[Jiyo Sora]

Gusai chuckles. It's a metaphor whose vehicle is all too familiar to him.

"And all too often some detritus," he says, "or some fish not worth the time it takes to haul up."

"Just so. I suppose we'll see..."

Sora's smile was a bit... grim.

"Just what do you know about the play's subject, if you don't mind my asking?"

[Hantei Genji]

"The new arts coming out in the Empire have certainly raised my interest. I dabble in poetry, but that is the extent of my meagre skills, alas." He smiled at the other kuge, a bright, ever cheerful smile reminiscent of the Sun herself. From a certain point of view. "What specific arts do you have in mind, minnasan?"

[Otomo Gusai]

"Just so. I suppose we'll see..."

Sora's smile was a bit... grim.

"Just what do you know about the play's subject, if you don't mind my asking?"

"From what I gather," Gusai replies, "there's a work talking about how a particularly glorious flower needs protecting and isolating. Its sunset-colored blooms should not be exposed to the wind and rain, I think it was, so that it can thrive--although the bees would suffer, I think, from being chased away by those who would tend it.

"Nor, if I guess correctly, would the flower do well for not seeing the bees."

I wonder if that's circumspect enough.

[Makime Ayano]

"Of course not, I have it on good authority that my brother is excited to share his artistic talents with you on the morrow, and he has enlisted me to aid him," she responded warmly.

"I am honored to be apart of the endeavor."

Ayano blinked then realization, "Ah...yes Nanzi-sama was most eager during our conversation. I look forward to it as well, it is not often I have a chance to contemplate forms of expression outside of the technical work Lady Makime requires."

[Doji Dojihime]

Ayano blinked then realization, "Ah...yes Nanzi-sama was most eager during our conversation. I look forward to it as well, it is not often I have a chance to contemplate forms of expression outside of the technical work Lady Makime requires."

"My brother has many talents, you are in good hands Makime-san," she responded.

[Jiyo Sora]

"From what I gather," Gusai replies, "there's a work talking about how a particularly glorious flower needs protecting and isolating. Its sunset-colored blooms should not be exposed to the wind and rain, I think it was, so that it can thrive--although the bees would suffer, I think, from being chased away by those who would tend it.

"Nor, if I guess correctly, would the flower do well for not seeing the bees."

I wonder if that's circumspect enough.

Sora chuckled.

"A sheltered flower my well prosper, but it'll never flourish, that much is certain- and it would exist at the mercy of the gardeners. Much like those funny little trees everyone was making the other day..."

[Otomo Gusai]

Sora chuckled.

"A sheltered flower my well prosper, but it'll never flourish, that much is certain- and it would exist at the mercy of the gardeners. Much like those funny little trees everyone was making the other day..."

"I believe I missed that," Gusai replies. "But I'd guess you're a man who'd rather see the flower flourish, even if it does have many bees buzzing around it?"

[Jiyo Sora]

"I believe I missed that," Gusai replies. "But I'd guess you're a man who'd rather see the flower flourish, even if it does have many bees buzzing around it?"

"Naturally. A gardener should be focused on weeds and pests, not pruning the plant."