The New Winds

Mai gathered up the tea cups as she waited for her guests.

Wyn enters and bow, "Thank you for Hosting, Mantis-San"

Mai bows to the Imperial. "Thank you for coming, Miya-san. Please feel free to sit."

The Moto giant enters and bows with a grunt to Mai and the imperial he had seen around but never spoken to "Hello, Thank you for the invitation Mai-san."

"Thank you for coming, Moto-san." With both guests, Mai tried to serve two people at the same time. It was less than perfect.

D9 Serpent: Tea Ceremony TN 20: 5d10o10k4 18

Failure for Void recovery.

"Perhaps I can try" with Mai consent he moves to try the ceremony himself, but his hands continue to shake slightly, and his movements while techniquely correct do not bring the peace expected.

D9 Serpent Tea Ceremony for 3 TN 20: 4d10o10k3 16

(Also a Failure)

Ichiro wasn't incredibly smart but he was incredibly observant he had heard of the ceremony and seen it done before many times and watching their failures he thinks he's seen where they went wrong.

"Let me see that." he says taking the tea set and focusing and recalling what he had seen done before and following the motions he remembered. and miraculously it actually came out alright. The sight of the massive Unicorn boy carefully handling the delicate instruments was likely a rather humorous one. but handle them he did, the cups looked too small in his massive hands and the pot looked like a toy but he went through all the steps with a surprising amount of grace and care.

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D9 Serpent tea ceremony unskilled tn 20: 3d10 24

all regain one void point

Mai was in awe, and a little ashamed and humbled. "That was very impressive, Moto-san. Doji-sensei would be proud."

Wyn nods low, "I can never seem to get it right, that was quite elegant Moto-san"