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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 21:57:43 GMT -8
Settled well into what might be considered the dividing line of the Aristocratic and Commoner Quarters of the city, amongst the tightly knit houses and tea houses of a hanamachi, is a very large establishment. The building towers with two floors, and plenty of gently glowing lanterns suspended along the edges of the sloped overhanging roofs. A lovely, quiet koi pond sits out front the main doors of the building.  Inside there is a large restaurant that spans up to the second floor with a number of tables to seat and serve, ringed about a large stage for dancers and musicians to offer a show to guests. There are also a number of more secluded tables, "boothed" corners for quieter parties away from the entertainment. The place is finely decorated with carefully trimmed bonsai trees and foliage, silk banners and paintings as well as lovely water streams and fountains - a very homely and inviting environment to bring a sense of ease to guests. Lovely serving girls bustle about to tend to patrons at the inn, each of them smiling and beautiful and polite. In addition to the serving areas for the general populace, there are secluded private rooms for those looking to be entertained mostly in a party of 1, so to speak. But these are also for small gatherings of a private or personal matter, available for a higher fee. The other major part of the large establishment is the inn, with warm and clean rooms available for those too inebriated to leave or needed a place to rest after an evening of refreshment. There is also a comfortable bathhouse within the back of the establishment, for immediate travelers that need to bathe before turning in for the evening. After such a very relaxing evening, some have no choice but to rent a room for the night - it's very difficult to find the strength to do much else after such a wonderful experience. |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 3:14:23 GMT -8
Trying to weasel through the city while nursing a fresh scar to her face - after seeing the first of many likely updated wanted posters - had been far too tricky. It was infuriating. She needed some good sake and a hot meal, and a hot bath. It was difficult to walk in the doors with anything but a sour expression. But, fortunately, the reputation of the Lotus held true - the lovely girls of the inn could make your troubles just melt away with only a smile. She requested a quiet booth to eat and drink, and they found her one with little trouble. She left her order with the young lady and settled into the cushion beneath her knees - letting her gaze drift lazily to the center stage of the inn to watch the girls that were dancing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 22:43:17 GMT -8
The evening was alight in the building with warm lanterns and lively music, and the stage was alive in a lovely display of color and skin as the dancers swayed and flicked silk - flashing beautiful smiles to every patron they locked eyes with for even a moment. Those that were not on stage were shuffling around the establishment to keep glasses filled and deliver dinner, as well as see a few guests to the baths before they turned in for the night.
Ami, a dancer in a soft green, would make her way to Suk-Ja's table with the tray to fulfill her request - a warm bottle of sake, a bowl of steamed rice, and a steaming mixed plate of beef and broccoli smothered in broth.
"Just let me know if I can get you anything else, kyaku-sama," she murmured, smiling warmly as she set the tray down and walked away.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 4:48:12 GMT -8
Ah, perfect... hot food, warm sake. Her demeanor was already lightening up. All she was missing was a hot bath, and it could wait until she was good and full and unable to walk straight. The sake was first, and she filled her cup up quickly. Bliss.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 3:18:20 GMT -8
She had seen the bitch wander in. Where the hell was she? Two of the serving girls approached her and she promptly and openly ignored them, pushing past them after taking a puff from her tobacco pipe and letting out the dragon smoke from her nostrils. It hadn't been long - perhaps the woman had already sought a bath?
No, wait, there she was. Aina narrowed her eyes further upon finding the fellow Fusei woman seated and drinking. Without even a word of permission or admittance she swept by to the cushion across the table and sat herself down. "You want to explain why you're here rather than up north, Suk-Ja?" she inquired pointedly, watching her with a hard stare.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:05:45 GMT -8
Her mood dropped just as quickly when someone made themselves rudely at home at her table. When she opened her eyes after reveling in the first of many drinks, she scowled at the particular woman and Kahebi in her hands. What she wouldn't give to have that pipe in her own.
She lowered the empty cup and matched the stare of the woman in front of her. "Last I checked, I didn't answer to you, Aina. I answered to Kimura-sama. And you answer to both of us. Care to try your tone again?" she snapped, reaching for the bowl of rice and tugging the plate closer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:33:21 GMT -8
The hairs on the back of her neck stood up but she managed to keep her temper in check. Despite her irritations, the bitch had a point. She took a deep breath in slowly and let it out just as carefully.
"... apologies. But I have a shipment ready to send out to get the mines more workers and some whores for Katsurou's men to get the ore flowing again, and you are here instead of there."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:36:02 GMT -8
"Katsurou is dead." The news was dropped flat, as if it were nothing more than common news. It really wasn't - the boy was far too cocky for his own good, and got exactly what he had coming to him. "And the mines are already back under the blue banner, Aina. We lost it."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:39:55 GMT -8
Aina could hardly believe what she was hearing, and her jaw fell slack at this news. They had only held the mines for a mere week or so, and already Suk-Ja had lost it?!
"How the hell did you lose it?" she all but shrieked, dumbfounded. What on this island did Lord Tora see in this stupid woman to make her the second-in-command?! "That siege took how long to get it all under control?! And wasn't it SUPPOSED to be a fully contained seize?! No letters, no travelers, no carrier birds - nothing was supposed to get out! How did Haitaka already mount a response AND take it away?!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:48:41 GMT -8
The following leer from Suk-Ja was enough to make even the toughest of men wilt beneath her stare. It swept around to deter those that were now watching from Aina's little display, before finally settling on the woman herself. The pair of eating sticks in her fingers was pointed rather threateningly at her as she responded in a very low and venomous tone.
"You will watch what you say to me, and how you say it. And you will lower your voice. Too much noise seems to come from those pretty lips of yours, sukebe." She paused long enough to sample a clump of rice to settle her stomach, though her mood didn't seem to adjust any better. "Personally, I think you were much better off on your knees at Lord Tora's feet with something in your mouth rather than now with all that garbage spewing out of it.
"And I can ensure you that place is still available to you, should I report this stupidity to him. I'm sure he would like to have you back."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 4:56:25 GMT -8
The woman clamped her jaw shut, visibly stiffening up as she bit her lip while grinding her teeth to try and keep her anger in check. That was no idle threat, and she certainly didn't want to be back under the Tiger's boot. She would much rather continue to send whores that way for a price rather than go back. Not to that place.
She managed to clamp her jaw around the end of her pipe and inhale deeply, more than she cared to do, but smoking out her lung for a sudden surge of the relaxing brew in the curled tail bowl of the pipe was a better alternative to snapping at Suk-Ja again - coughing fit and all.
It was only after a good minute or two with the tobacco steadying her nerves that she managed to find her voice much calmer and reserved, where it should have been. "... forgive me, Suk-Ja-san. I don't know what came over me."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 5:04:12 GMT -8
"I do - stupidity, at it's finest." She plucked up a smothered broccoli piece and rolled it around the rice to gather several grains up before plopping it into her mouth. It was definitely heaven after plain rations on the road. But she did not let her demeanor shift - Aina was in for it now. "Did you ever consider that the mines weren't even the main goal? Or did you forget the main fort to the south in the mountains? Yes, the one up north has more variety in gems and different ore but we aren't after the commerce. Never have been. That died out with the late Haitaka. The southern one holds significantly more iron and copper to smelt out steel.
"But, then again, this is why you are not a war soldier and I am - my lot in life isn't staring at the waist of a man and hoping to blow him quickly. My weapon is a sword, not my mouth."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 5:07:58 GMT -8
Aina was dead certain that this bitch across the table was dying to have an excuse to send her back to Lord Tora, and it was damn-near working. Kuchikitanai, she thought, gritting her teeth further. She swore she felt her jaw pop from the force she was exerting.
But she remained calm, even if she was practically fuming in her expression. "... so. A distraction. Great. What do I do with the shipment now? Send it south?"
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Post by Mifune, Toshiro on Aug 1, 2018 0:06:37 GMT -8
It was about that time that a man in the booth behind them spoke up loudly, "More sake!"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 20:10:32 GMT -8
Great, a drunkard. Suk-Ja dismissed the noise behind her of the idiot in his demand and leveled her stare on Aina, refraining from the urge to smirk. She so enjoyed getting under this woman's skin. But she resumed drinking her sake after pouring another glass. "Might as well. There's no point sending them to town east - they likely wouldn't last that long. But more hands in the mines to the south would be good." She set down her cup and dipped a hand into her pocket, pulling out a rough charcoal stick and a torn scrap of paper. She scratched something down on it and pushed the paper to Aina before tucking the stick away. "Just try to get the load down there in one piece. Broken workers are all but worthless."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 20:12:38 GMT -8
Aina quickly but quietly snatched up the parchment and tucked it away out of sight. "Fine." With that she took another puff of Kahebi and made sure to leave the smoke wafting about the table before she stood to leave. She had more than enough of this bitch's presence for the day.
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Post by Mifune, Toshiro on Aug 5, 2018 11:32:14 GMT -8
When Toshiro saw one of the people leave he made his move. He grabbed his sake and stood, moving so his head peeked around at Suk-Ja. His cheeks were flush, clearly drunk. He spoke cheerfully with slightly slurred words, "Well hello there, I noticed your drinking buddy left you. Care for some company?"
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