[Day 6 - LE] Noh is the Thing

[Tsuruchi Shouji]

Hanatsuko had her hair unbraided and wore it down it was quite long. She wore a a flowery furisode that is in tone with her name. She was alone in terms of her crew of animals that followed her. She took a seat.

"Would you object to company, Toritaka-san?" The young Captain asked as he spotted the woman in the crowd. She had spoken of dying the previous evening after all. He was happy to see her among the living.

[Toritaka Hanatsuko]

"Not at all Tsuruchi sama." She nodded. "I hope you have been blessed with a new dawn."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I will ask later for where the little one is. I have not seen her the entire day, which is odd at way. Pray for the Fortunes this is not the case."

He nods. "Perhaps we know one of the artists? I would not bother their preparations, though."

Yuuwaku nods. "We may well. It's likely, even. But it will be good to see, even if not.

"And it will be good to see who wears what here, too. The Toritaka, for instance, is looking florid," she says behind the fan.

"This is most uncommon... I have talked lengths with her during the curse, mostly related to how to break it, but at the festival as well. A good samurai-ko, but not one I would expect to have a dress like this. It's on good taste, I must admit."
He smiled slightly.

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

"This is most uncommon... I have talked lengths with her during the curse, mostly related to how to break it, but at the festival as well. A good samurai-ko, but not one I would expect to have a dress like this. It's on good taste, I must admit."
He smiled slightly.

"I am told," Yuuwaku replies, still behind the fan, "that there is someone she hopes will appreciate her ikebana." She sighs a little. "I hope she finds her audience; such things should be encouraged, don't you think?"

[Tsuruchi Shouji]

"Not at all Tsuruchi sama." She nodded. "I hope you have been blessed with a new dawn."

"The first in many days." He replied with a warm smile. "Something I may have you to thank for, at least partially. If your talk of doom was your way in sharing that you were taking part in the breaking of things."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"This is most uncommon... I have talked lengths with her during the curse, mostly related to how to break it, but at the festival as well. A good samurai-ko, but not one I would expect to have a dress like this. It's on good taste, I must admit."
He smiled slightly.

"I am told," Yuuwaku replies, still behind the fan, "that there is someone she hopes will appreciate her ikebana." She sighs a little. "I hope she finds her audience; such things should be encouraged, don't you think?"

"I knew not she had an eye for art as well... More interesting of a woman than one would think at first glance, truly. Let's observe her? See who she takes a seat next to or anyone she has a long talk with?"

[Hida Daichi]

Daichi wasn't really one for plays most of the time and he doubted what the Crane put on was going to be anything he found terribly interesting but the big Crab was there seeing as how most of his family was as well he figured it wouldn't be the worst thing.

The warrior was dressed in a nicer kimono than usual in Crab colors looking every part the dutiful samurai except for the vaguely bored look on his face as his eyes scanned the area.

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

"I knew not she had an eye for art as well... More interesting of a woman than one would think at first glance, truly. Let's observe her? See who she takes a seat next to or anyone she has a long talk with?"

"Well, there's a wasp coming to sniff at the flowers," Yuuwaku points out. "One wonders if the stinger will plunge in."

And what a sweet sting when it does, she thinks, remembering, and smiles slightly.

Then she sees Daichi and says, still behind the fan, "And there's one to mind, as well."

[Toritaka Hanatsuko]

"The first in many days." He replied with a warm smile. "Something I may have you to thank for, at least partially. If your talk of doom was your way in sharing that you were taking part in the breaking of things."

"Well Otomo Saisei is also to thank." She nodded. "His help to reunite the ghost was quite important." She looked around the courtyard trying to spy if he was here. "If I see him here I will kill him."

[Tsuruchi Shouji]

"Probably something you don't want to admit out loud, even in jest." The Mantis replied with a soft chuckle. If he noticed the attention of the Crane he at least didn't work in their direction.

"But, ill offer him my thanks as well if I see him." Though with how things were developing he wasn't sure he waa going to be on the best terms with the Otomo.

[Toritaka Hanatsuko]

"Yes, I do jest." She chuckled "He must rest and stay hydrated." She shook her head. "But is he is a stubborn as Kuma he probably will be coming at any moment. I hope not but who knows what goes in the mind of people."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I knew not she had an eye for art as well... More interesting of a woman than one would think at first glance, truly. Let's observe her? See who she takes a seat next to or anyone she has a long talk with?"

"Well, there's a wasp coming to sniff at the flowers," Yuuwaku points out. "One wonders if the stinger will plunge in."

And what a sweet sting when it does, she thinks, remembering, and smiles slightly.

Then she sees Daichi and says, still behind the fan, "And there's one to mind, as well."

"Daichi-sama wore the same thing that day at the banquet on the Castle if I do well remember. It is my guess it is his default formal kimono... It speaks that the Crab are taking this seriously." He nods in appreciation. "She just looked around... A search if she is being watched or not?"

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

"Daichi-sama wore the same thing that day at the banquet on the Castle if I do well remember. It is my guess it is his default formal kimono... It speaks that the Crab are taking this seriously." He nods in appreciation. "She just looked around... A search if she is being watched or not?"

"Probably not the bee she seeks, then," Yuuwaku replies, still behind the fan. "But, yes, that our hosts regard this seriously is good.

"But I note some absences--as yet, at least. A dearth of red amid the shifting blues and greens."

[Tsuruchi Shouji]

"Yes, I do jest." She chuckled "He must rest and stay hydrated." She shook her head. "But is he is a stubborn as Kuma he probably will be coming at any moment. I hope not but who knows what goes in the mind of people."

"All manner of things." The Captain admitted with a wry smile. "Some more predictable then others." He glanced towards the Toritaka. "Though honestly I'm starting to think you look on Otomo-san as an errant child." Shouji teased.

"Maybe it's just me but you seem to have quite a few motherly instincts, Toritaka-san."

[Toritaka Hanatsuko]

"Well, I am the third child of seven so it comes from that." She smiled "Have you any siblings, Tsuruchi sama?"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Daichi-sama wore the same thing that day at the banquet on the Castle if I do well remember. It is my guess it is his default formal kimono... It speaks that the Crab are taking this seriously." He nods in appreciation. "She just looked around... A search if she is being watched or not?"

"Probably not the bee she seeks, then," Yuuwaku replies, still behind the fan. "But, yes, that our hosts regard this seriously is good.

"But I note some absences--as yet, at least. A dearth of red amid the shifting blues and greens."

"Or maybe it is a public encounter, and the bee is afraid she will find wasps. The conversation is going rather playfully." He replies, looking around at her note. "Makes one wonder if Hantei's designed villains are doing their job well, does it not?"

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

"Or maybe it is a public encounter, and the bee is afraid she will find wasps. The conversation is going rather playfully." He replies, looking around at her note. "Makes one wonder if Hantei's designed villains are doing their job well, does it not?"

"What, of being defeated?" Yuuwaku offers a puff of laughter behind the fan. "But I have spoken with our avian friend. I do not think that is the issue, no. Rather, it is another she hopes will visit her flowers."

[Tsuruchi Shouji]

"Well, I am the third child of seven so it comes from that." She smiled "Have you any siblings, Tsuruchi sama?"

"I'm the third of five, I have three sisters and one brother." A rather large family though not quite as big as Hanatsuko's. "Though I do not seems them often."

"Do you get to spend much time with your own siblings?"

[Toritaka Hanatsuko]

"Not much of late... After our eldest brother's death we have separated somewhat." She sighed. "He seemed to be like a father to most of us. With father traveling around, he was the one to keep us in line."

We should make a family reunion and get everyone together and see if Kaze kun and Toryu... Celebrate Kiko's gempukku. I wonder what name she will take.

"We are close to an auspicious event though... My sister is going through her gempukku in Shiro Kuni."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Or maybe it is a public encounter, and the bee is afraid she will find wasps. The conversation is going rather playfully." He replies, looking around at her note. "Makes one wonder if Hantei's designed villains are doing their job well, does it not?"

"What, of being defeated?" Yuuwaku offers a puff of laughter behind the fan. "But I have spoken with our avian friend. I do not think that is the issue, no. Rather, it is another she hopes will visit her flowers."

He puts a smile on his face, curiosity attuned, it only being visible through his eyes. "I know of one bee who flies searching for her. A shame would be if she seeks a bee yet different, wouldn't it be?"

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

He puts a smile on his face, curiosity attuned, it only being visible through his eyes. "I know of one bee who flies searching for her. A shame would be if she seeks a bee yet different, wouldn't it be?"

"Oh, Asahina-kohai? What colors show on that bee, then?"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

He puts a smile on his face, curiosity attuned, it only being visible through his eyes. "I know of one bee who flies searching for her. A shame would be if she seeks a bee yet different, wouldn't it be?"

"Oh, Asahina-kohai? What colors show on that bee, then?"

"The bee would sting me as soon word left my mouth, Yuu-senpai."

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

"The bee would sting me as soon word left my mouth, Yuu-senpai."

She nods and adds, behind the fan "One of ours, then. I understand."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"The bee would sting me as soon word left my mouth, Yuu-senpai."

She nods and adds, behind the fan "One of ours, then. I understand."

He smiles slightly, removing the fan from his face at least with a heavy blow for air. "It would do well for us to see if our hosts liked the piece after it was played."

[Kakita Yuuwaku]

He smiles slightly, removing the fan from his face at least with a heavy blow for air. "It would do well for us to see if our hosts liked the piece after it was played."

Yuuwaku nods. "And we."