This is an idea for the path: Spirit Realms Magistrate Replaces: Any Bushi, Courtier, or Shugenja School, Rank 3 Requirements: Investigation 3, Lore: Spirit Realms 3, must have Child of Chikushudo or Touch of the Realm Advantage Technique: Scholar of the Spirits – Scholar of the Spirit realms is a ...

Luckily for both Genji and Kogi, when you are young and infatuated, even a mutually inept kiss is exciting. Kogi's eyebrows, drawn together in concentration (that was the first mistake!) arch upward as she looks into Genji's eyes. "You are, too. You really are." She sounds almost surprised, as if th...

"It's been a while since I spent much time in the wilds. My duty keeps me in towns and strongholds more these days," Kogi admits. "I used to get out more often, gathering and hunting. And training with my lord's sensei, for a few years."

She glances sidelong. "What kind of other things?"

Kogi ducks her head and clears her throat awkwardly. "Ahem. Well, my lord, I don't think there can be much we know that you don't," she admits, a little shamefacedly (shame- half -facedly?). "We didn't even discern that you were here. And we have not been able to assist with whatever secret matter S...

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Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:07 pm

Great Falls is Kashouji (Umeno’s)?

Umeno founded a city at Beiden Pass, I think? Great Falls is Dragon-owned.

Those canon characters may have saved their GD for the Day of Thunder and built up their worldly legacies the slow way... most of them were already quite prominent people before Shinsei saw their destiny and recruited them (Konishiko, as the Crane alternate whom no one rated that highly at first, co...

"Good morning, my lord. Lady Shosuro." An impeccable bow, paired with an uncertain, slightly tense look Kogi doesn't quite manage to suppress. "I hope both of you are well, after the busy time you've been having this winter."

Kogi's brows draw together slightly. "My lord doesn't always share his plans before they're ready to flower, but his goals are the same as Lord Hantei's. There's no need for distance between family, so, um... if my words helped clear away some uncertainty, I haven't failed in my duty today." She nod...

Bump! Not quite on the level of a wet fish, really. Genji is, well, warm-blooded, and good-looking, and smells a lot nicer, after all. But a truthful narrator is bound to admit that neither he nor Kogi actually knows what they are doing. Kogi is eager but also tense, in part precisely because this ...

Wasn’t Hikaru’s point granted to benefit the Unicorn (rather than Lion families etc.?) Right now it looks like Lion are actually coming away with a slightly bigger portion of the total pie than they started with here. ^_^;; (Roads, Lion Clan Goal, new Lion family = 22 points just on exclusively Lion...

Yeah, it’s a little oddly configured because of the multiple moving parts to ask about. The “age of Man” vote is split three ways but the Nezumi vote can unite behind one candidate. :lol: Fwiw I think 9 Thunders feels right thematically, but my second choice there would be to let an Imperial Thunder...

Kogi does indeed join, perfectly composed with her veil pinned into her coiffed hair… and subtle makeup around her eyes disguising the signs that she stayed out a little too late last night.

Kogi takes a beat or two to process (and enjoy) the sensation of fingers in her hair. "Don't regret, make a plan. Your uncle says that," she murmurs. Slightly belatedly, she catches the intention behind the pull, and her other hand finds its way to Genji's shoulder as they drift closer together, unt...

"Of course, a courtier of your status could also speak to my lord himself," Kogi says, inclining her head slightly. "But as an emissary, I'm well accustomed to being a go-between with such messages." "And Bayushi-Kami has so many demands on his time..." "More than most of us knew, even," Kogi says ...

"No, please, don't apologize, Hantei-sama." Kogi untucks her hands from her sleeves to make a brief dismissive gesture. "A lot of things belong in the past with the tribes. Lord Bayushi's castle town has been my home for some seven years, and... it is a good home. Every year I've seen my lord workin...

Sasori smiled. "This is what you won for finding me." She showed Kogi a fan that she would know the signature, made by Sasori's brother. She moved close to Kogi's ear and whispered. " Maybe you can give it to your Lord Moon Neko chan " Sasori giggled. Kogi accepts the fan with a bow. "Thanks, I--" ...

"My Family?" Kogi echoes Kinsen's emphasis of the word. "I'm Lord Bayushi's vassal. Everyone who shares his name is my kin." She glances down briefly. "Closer kin, I have none."

"A vision worthy of a daimyo." Kogi nods. "Or a future one. My lord and his vassal Lady Miyako are the same way, thinking in generations."

"Oh." A brow arches above the veil. So that was the Bat's source? "Then of course, I'll convey that to my lord Bayushi and Lady Shosuro, with pleasure." She looks down at her koto for a moment or two, minutely adjusting one of the bridges tensioning the strings. "Perhaps they will also have some id...

From the thin tree cover along the river's edge, Kogi shades her eyes against the winter sun and squints across the water. Even out in the wild, a swath of fabric still hides her face, sensibly tucked in to the neckline of her quilted jacket. "It really is warmer today," she says with audible relief...