The New Winds

Unfortunately, I can't recall any scenes with Kai in it that stood out. Her passing without a trace had such effects even on me.

As for scenes without Kai in it that I would have enjoyed, pretty much any of the consequential combats were enjoyable.

(Late post) The laconic Kaito presented her gift. It was a roughly cylindrical container of bound wooden slats, closed at both ends except for a small hole at one end. A fortune-telling box, not too dissimilar from what one could find at a shrine. Though this one was handmade and lacquered by the pr...

I was not around much and did my level best to be as ghostly as possible.

WoooOooOooo

"Hmm. You may have a point there."

Kai replies icily.

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Conceding match.

(I can't believe I forgot the actual roll for having won init. :oops:) "Mm. This is true. Still, we are a brave and vibrant people and the world should be gifted the opportunity to witness this. For a samurai, word and deed must be in accord. If the empire were to decide upon trading and set its han...

Away for the night.

Kai returned the bow. "Bayushi-san, good afternoon. Let us speak of things this afternoon. Gaijin exist beyond our borders: presumably they have things of worth to exchange for the bounty and wisdom of our own empire. Is it not proper to open our borders, at least in some small way, to exchange with...

Kai watched the candle flicker and burn.

"I ask that props and emphatically stated words do not draw one's gaze from the truth as I have laid it out during this debate." The Kaito replied quietly.

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D7 LM Debates Round 4 Etiquette VP +1k1: 8d10o10k5 51

Kai looked nonplussed. Perhaps she had been intellectual overmatched. "This line of argumentation is contingent on matters that are very...mercantile." She murmured, expressing some distaste as the debate gets into the weeds of tax policy. "In as far as taxes or the splitting thereof is concerned, s...

Kai bowed in return.

"I disagree, Togashi-san." Kai said, a distant expression on her face. "If I had a bow and arrow, this would have been an archery competition."

It was perhaps, a most Draconic response.

Kai could not manage to muster a defense at the end and was defeated in the fourth exchange.

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D4 LM Weaponry Rnd 4 & 5 (If Needed): 2#4d10o10k3 17 20

Kai thought about this response before making her own comment. "But what is meant by a local? Did the Emperor not give leave to those honorable clans to oversee his land in a responsible manner in His name? All benefits of such aid are, in this way, the Empire's: All responsibilities to improve nega...

Kai was slow in arriving, but she did eventually find her way to where she was supposed to be. She bowed to the Ikoma. "Let us both go from this with new perspectives, Ikoma-san, as we discuss the matter of the Miya's blessing and upon whom it should benefit...A great disaster befell clans along the...

Kai returned from her "hunting" trip with the proper herbs she had sought. They weren't particularly bad looking samples, at that. ---- Use Ring: Air D6 EA Hunting - Lore:Nature/Awareness TN20 VP +1k1 : 6d10o10k5 40 +3 TP D6 EA Hunting - Investigation/Awareness TN20 VP +1k1 : 8d10o10k5 37 +2 TP D6 E...

Kai shot well. Even the otherwise reactionless shrine maiden had to smile a bit at her performance. ---- Use Ring: Void D6 LM Archery Shot 1 TN 35, 4CR : 10d10ro1o10k5 47 +6 TP D6 LM Archery Shot 2 TN 35, 3CR : 10d10ro1o10k5 54 +8 TP D6 LM Archery Shot 3 TN 35, 2CR : 10d10ro1o10k5 37 +7 TP All rolls...

Kai sets up the Go board for the game against her opponent.

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Use Ring: Fire

D5 EA Games:Go/Intelligence VP for +1k1 Batch Roll: 3#5d10o10k4 28 20 14

Well, it wasn't like Kai was trying to become a lawyer, anyway... ---- Use Ring: Earth D5 LM 2x Lore:Law/Willpower TN20 : 2#5d10o10k4 16 (Fail) 42 +3 TP NOTE: VP WAS USED FOR THESE ROLLS - Forgot to make a note of it in the description D5 LM Lore:Law/Willpower TN20 VP Luck Reroll : 5d10o10k4 18 (Yep...

It would be exceedingly generous to say Kai was a practiced artisan. If anything, it was obvious she was just writing and moving around in whatever way felt right at the moment after clearing her mind. That it was effective was somewhat disquieting. ---- Use Ring: Void D4 EA Calligraphy/Void TN20 : ...

Kai bowed to the judges and Dao, setting off in an unusually competent demonstration with a sword before squaring off with her opponent. ---- Use Ring: Water Strength 3 Demonstration: D4 LM Kenjutsu/Perception TN15 : 4d10o10k3 40 D4 LM Initiative : 9d10o10k4 41 D4 LM Batch Rolled Contested Weaponry ...

Signing up for Debate.