The New Winds

She returned the gesture with a bow of her own.

"Likewise," she said, "Your defense was strong. I guess that does leave open the question of who should fight Iuchi-s..."

She looked over only to find that the unicorn was already sparring with someone else.

Parrying his attack, she finally managed to land a hit! Landing that strike was just the thing she needed to feel good about this whole thing; and she adopted a slightly more relaxed posture. Still ready to defend and continue the fight if he decided to do so, but if he wanted to call it here, she w...

She realized he was probably just being considerate; but something about the suggestion to stop because she got hit got on her nerves a little. It wasn't even like she was hurt! Okay, she was *pretty* sure that was going to be painful later in the day, but for now she still felt fine. "Don't worry a...

Yui was clearly quicker on the draw; *almost* getting a strike in before Kenji could react. *Almost*. There was no such thing as 'almost' in a real fight of course, Yui knew this; lamenting as she did the loss of the opening strike. Initiative : 3d10o10k2 24 Attack Agility/Kenjutsu: TN15 : 4d10o10k2...

Yui didn't notice a thing.

Investigation/Perception, TN10: 2d10o10k1 7

Yui bowed briefly to the Bayushi, then proceeded to adopt a standard stance for the sparring match.

"Whenever you're ready we can begin, Kakita-san."

"Well," she said, "since we both come from martial schools, perhaps we should start with a demonstration match between the two of us, so that Iuchi-san can observe the different techniques. And then... spars the winner?"

She bowed to the newcomer, and offered her name again. "Akodo Yui. You'd be most welcome to join. I've heard of the Kakita style of the sword. If you've had duels under your sensei, I'm taking it you are trained in it? Our focus at home is more on kenjutsu, and not so much on iaijutsu."

"Well, a samurai improve always and practice until one acts without thinking, ne? Still, from the perspective of one who has but started in the ways of the sword, your form was remarkable" Prashant smiles gently and bows back to her, presenting himself before standing upright again. "This is Iuchi ...

Yui did indeed have an Akodo mon on her clothes. "Thank you," she said, when addressed with a compliment, "though I have much to improve on." She then gave a bow. "I'm Akodo Yui, and you... you're a bushi of the Unicorn?" Normally one might tell from the presence or lack of a daisho, but that was wi...

The Lion girl kept at it for a little bit longer, before she started to feel the burn and had to take a break. She was pretty oblivious though, to anyone looking at her. She'd been too focused on her own practice and on looking at other people's martial forms to notice where there eyes were going. A...

"Hah!" "Hoh!" "Hiii!" She wasn't really feeling that last kiai, but her form on that imaginary strike was still solid. Like a few of the others, the Lion seemed to have taken the opportunity to get some more practice in. That 'test' they'd called out had been child's play, really, and a good bushi w...

And, *that* is how Akodo Namaehere lured his enemy into a trap with the clever use of a clever ruse! A ruse that involved a deception! But not a dishonorable deception! No, it was very honorable! And it won the day! Through tactics! And skill! Yui was not off to a good start, she was trying so hard...

Yui was no shugenja, or even much for praying, but she'd seen others do it enough times to actually get it right somehow. The stretches that followed were harder to mess up; and while she was not really one for using her fists most of the time, she managed to display a solid form... ...the same coul...

Apparently I have lore: history.

It would take a fair amount of time, but... eventually... Yui would arrive at Bayushi's temple with *some* of the offerings. She had *a* rock, not a black one. And she had *some* cherries. The rest though... well, those weren't easy to find. Mirrors weren't exactly cheap, and people took good enough...

Getting out of her line of sight was pretty easy, given that she was totally distracted by the task at hand. And the act of running. There was a *lot* of that happening. "Alright Kana-chan, let's go get... some cherries!" The monkey screeched, delighted with enthusiasm despite not understanding a wo...

"Okay!" She yelled with optimism, already running away by the time he'd be able to get a reply in. Trouble was, she didn't even know what some of those things he'd said really *meant*. What in Jigoku was an empty cut with minimal features? And where was she supposed to find some of the other stuff *...

She nodded along as he explained about different offerings. He seemed to know what he was talking about. Not unlike some *other* people she knew. No, this one seemed an honest sort. A little bit... dull... though. At least, until he started talking of games. There had never been much of that around ...

This is getting out of hand. Now there's two of them!