Wedding at Fire Shrimp Village an L5R PbP

“Has anyone checked on Yushoko-sama?” She asked.

“Doji-sama is the boss around here. We all have to listen to him and do what he says. What he says, goes.”

“Let us work together then.” She said with an affirmative nod.

“We need you to be safe Kio. Only you can help us save your auntie. So going off on your own... puts us all in danger. You get what I’m saying?”

She smirked and prodded the man along his path of interesting word choice, “And what other comforts do you find yourself providing beyond your martial abilities?”

“Unfortunately Kio... if it is a ghost it is impossible to beat them up with our arms. Perhaps a priest could help resolve the issue... There must be someone familiar with pacification rituals.”

"I don't know Kio... The stories I hear often are of children who were mistreated or wronged in life. Who then take their anger out on the living... But these are just stories. I don't know of the real reasons for these things."

"I see..." She paused and tried to think for a moment.

"I'm no expert on spiritual beings... Sounds more like ghost stories people tell than anything I have run into in my own life."

"When did you first meet her?" She asked. "Was it here in the village?"

"We all have our capacities... but not all capacities." She said warmly. "I am comforted by the fact that someone of your training is present. While I may be able to conduct myself in social situations with relative... ease shall we say? While that may be the case, physical threats pose an entirely ...

Kaneko nodded, "In the luncheon this afternoon I saw what appeared to be a small child... I tried to make mention of it, but it seemed as if no one else was aware of her presence. She was... wet... and appeared to perhaps be an apparition of some sort, but I was not sure whether it was some personal...

Kaneko entered and bowed to Kintaro, "Good evening... I am sorry to disturb Yushoko-sama. I feel there were some things we could not say this afternoon that needed to be talked about..." She smiled softly at Kio, "If possible, I wondered if we could discuss Hitomi-chan, Kio.... We need to gather all...

Kaneko approached the room where Kio and Kintaro were holed up this evening. She needed to talk with them about what had happened that afternoon, and try to ascertain anything that she could so they could coordinate a strategy going forward. The need for Yushoko's well-being to be prioritized at the...

Kaneko who had watched calmly and quietly with a serene look on her features bowed and departed with the same candor as she had participated in the meeting.

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Kaneko internally groaned at the accusation of her clansman but simply nodded her approval of Fuboshi's assessment and did not stop the governor from leaving.

She nodded, "I see. Well, may your determination be your boon and not your doom. Sometimes it is best to find terrain wherein you may be successful when otherwise you would fail in your duty. Those of my family... and the school you share with them... know that in order to protect the Crane we will ...

“Ha-.” She said with a simple response and solemn bow of her head.

She then bowed to the Crabs in the room politely.

Kaneko leaned in close behind Kintaro and whispered in his ear. “There’s some foul play at work here... but it may not have been of normal making. It would be best to have a priest familiar with curses check her as quickly as possible.” She paused, “If they do her harm I will atone for my lack of ju...

Kaneko looked to Kio intently, “I think your friend might have made your auntie sick...”

She looked up to see what the Kuni were going to do.

She turned back to Kio, “What do you know about that girl? Where have you seen her before?”

“Is that her name? She looks wet and altogether unsavory...” She added. As she scanned the room for where the child went.

“Who is she?”

Kaneko puts down her fan and looks to the child, “Who is that child?”

She points as to not be mistaken for Kio.

Kaneko turns away from the image and gently pulls up her fan to cover the lower part of her face and any reaction she may have.

Kaneko began to doubt her own eyes as no one else around her seemed to recognize the child as its head twisted towards her... She had heard ghost stories and worse of things from Crab lands but had no previous experience with them. If the child was simply in her mind... then perhaps the insects were...

Kaneko nodded simply, not wishing to create a scene needlessly. And looked back to the child.

Kaneko too was present.