Tawakoshi
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Roleplay posts: 95
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Registered: Dec 20, 2017 12:22:53 GMT -8
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Post by Tawakoshi on Jun 20, 2018 13:55:17 GMT -8
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Yasuke Shisou
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Roleplay posts: 213 
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jun 20, 2018 14:27:12 GMT -8
Having walked quite a bit Yasuke finally reached the city gates of Kiyonai with Wuppo, and though the guards at the gate seemed awfully surprised they seemed to recognize Wuppo as being an ally of the young lord Hizashi and thus accepted the sneaky covered pair to enter. But Yasuke wasn't feeling like walking much longer than necessary and quickly eyed a fitting Onsen although it was not the one he had guessed Kojuro attended. But at this point getting the itchy sneaky off took precedence.
"Hey, there it is! We'll make you a feather!" Yasuke said with a wide grin in anticipation of the hot water and cleansing experience to come. With confident strides he marched up to the guy at the gate. "Two guys!" Yasuke said and placed a few quite sneaky covered coins in the guys palm as the gate guy stared intensely at the huge purple colored ogre quickly making space for him to enter. Weather ogres were allowed entry or not seemed to have little but hypothetical consequence when actually facing one.
"So, are you ready to get fresh and shiny again huh?" Yasuke asked Wuppo with a wry smile poking him a bit with his elbow.
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Wuppo
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Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Jun 20, 2018 16:29:12 GMT -8
Wuppo's relationship with the men charged with the task of protecting Kiyonai seemed to oscillate between terribly awkward and incredibly standoffish. It might have seemed such a strange thing for Kojuro, Lord of the Hizashi, to align himself with something like an ogre - but of course none of the clan warriors were prepared to bring harm to any being specifically under Kojuro's protection. This time, however, there was the added twist of being mostly covered in purple splotches. Wuppo was typically a spectacle unto himself, and now he was purple and in the company of a samurai.. Who was also purple.
As Wuppo followed Yasuke into the onsen, his head was darting around. Wuppo was fascinated by the culture of Tawakoshi, and he'd never been to such a place. At his cave, the ogre had fashioned bits and pieces of human life he'd been able to observe from afar, but here he was in the middle of an onsen!
Yasuke's elbow prodding brought Wuppo's attention back around. Wuppo nodded his head as his ogre-sized teeth shown through his purple lips.
"Yes!" he said. "Wuppo feather! Dis come!-" Wuppo filled his lungs with air, and pushed the breath out quickly through pursed lips, perhaps trying to simulate the wind blowing. "-Like dis! An' you hold on to Wuppo! Feather not float away den!"
It might have been unclear at this point whether Wuppo was making a joke, or if he actually thought he would turn into a giant feather and be lost on the wind if Yasuke didn't keep him from floating away.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jun 21, 2018 22:33:12 GMT -8
Striding confidently towards the largest basin in the outdoor area of the onsen carrying nothing but purple 'sneaky' on his head and hands he greeted the other guests almost merrily.
"Oh hello there!" he said to an elderly man who was so fixated upon the ogre he hardly noticed Yasuke. "Don't worry Wuppo, I'll hold you if you start floating away!" Yasuke said nonchalantly as he let his body slide into the hot waters letting even his face dip beneath the water returning up with a satisfied grin. Apparently the few others who had been there too had quickly left as the huge ogre had followed Yasuke and they deducted that he too was going to get in the water.
"It's nice, don't be scared Wuppo!" Yasuke said tauntingly and wondered if the ogre had ever washed himself. Quite frankly he wouldn't be surprised to learn his natural skin color was actually white and the rest was just filth. Maybe he'd lose some weight too and the feather part wasn't completely off?
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Wuppo
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Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Jun 22, 2018 19:55:10 GMT -8
Just inside the entrance to the onsen proper, where Yasuke disrobed to get into the water, Wuppo followed his lead and took off the only real clothing he'd been wearing; the poorly tanned fur of some beast he wore tied around his waist. The garment itself was heavy and nearly stiff with dirt, dried blood, body soil, and any manner of other filth Wuppo had been in contact with. As Yasuke had observed, hygiene was not one of Wuppo's most treasured pieces of human culture. Wuppo, of course, did not leave either his club or his bag with the proprietor of the establishment.
Wuppo entered the now almost completely deserted onsen stark naked and carrying his large gnarled wooden club in one hand, with his bag slung in its proper place behind him. If being naked bothered him, it didn't show. The fact of the matter was that the fur he wore tied around his waist left nothing at all to the imagination if one had the correct angle, so being naked was likely not showing off anything Yasuke (or anyone else around him for that matter) hadn't seen before. The ogre watched as Yasuke slid into the water, completely submerged, and returned to the surface.
Still somewhat distracted by everything around him, Wuppo waded into the water at Yasuke's beckoning. The ogre bent slightly and put his free hand down into the warm water, sloshing it about a bit with his giant digits.
"It big tea pot!" Wuppo said, and looked over at Yasuke. "Dis what it like to be in da tea!"
Wuppo sat down, and the water that was deep enough for Yasuke to submerge himself completely only came up to the ogre's chest once he was seated. He used his free hand to move the water around, which quickly became splashing. Wuppo giggled to himself, and released his club so he could slap the water with both hands. This sent water flying for several feet each time he did it.
"Wuppo in da tea!" he declared happily, and splashed in the warm water again as his wooden club floated in the wake of his hands slapping the water.
Yasuke would undoubtedly be relieved to see that a byproduct of the ogre's splashing was that the purple sneaky began to melt away from his skin - and by extension would have to be doing the same for Yasuke.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jun 25, 2018 9:10:16 GMT -8
While Yasuke's head had hovered just above the surface of the water, he had not taken into account what happened when a thousand pound ogre entered the water.
"Haha, no Wuppo it's not a tea p..." Yasuke said when suddenly the water level rose above his eye brows and the rest of the sentence was abruptly interrupted by the immediate need to resurface for air. Yasuke spat out the water that suddenly, and without much warning, had entered his mouth.
"Damnit..!" Yasuke cursed and cursed a bit. But not before had he regained his normal breathing pattern before the huge shovels that Wuppo's hands were repeatedly smashed into the water causing vast amount of water to splash around - which included going into Yasuke's face.
"Hey... hey..! Not so enthusiastic you over sized tea bag!" Yasuke exclaimed, though his words were more said out of surprise than spite towards Wuppo. Also it seemed like the sneaky stuff Wuppo had more or less forced upon Yasuke was coming off along with the itching sensation leaving his skin. A wry smile appeared in Yasuke's face as he eyed an empty water bucket nearby.
"Hey! You forgot a spot!" Yasuke said as he filled the bucket to the brink with water and quickly hurled the contents into Wuppo's face.
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Wuppo
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Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Jun 26, 2018 3:51:37 GMT -8
"Wuppo da tea!" he repeated, still giggling to himself as he splashed about in the warm water. Yasuke's request for him to not so enthusiastically play in the water went entirely unheeded - that is, until Yasuke hurled a bucket's worth of water into his face. Wuppo stopped splashing, as he had to use his hands to wipe the water from his face and eyes.
"Wuppo smash dem water!" he said loudly with a big smile on his face.
Wuppo reached for his club that continued to bob up and down on the surface of the water, and raised the giant club above his head with both hands. Poised to make something akin to a tidal wave with his gnarled wooden weapon of choice, the ogre's face suddenly sank as if something was wrong. After a short moment, bubbles suddenly roiled up to the surface of the water around Wuppo. He sniffed, and dropped his club back into the water.
"SMELL!" Wuppo roared and began laughing again. "SMELL BAAAADDD! HUH HUH HUHH!"
The ogre waved his arms around frantically, flapping as if he were trying to fly away from the noxious gas his body had just produced. The smell was horrific, and would likely linger for several minutes.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jun 28, 2018 8:22:07 GMT -8
Yasuke laughed to himself. "Didn't see that coming huh?" he said victoriously. "Smash... water?" Yasuke muttered, though he quickly caught up as Wuppo reached for his club. This was going to be a big splash and Yasuke moved back a couple of steps in anticipation of the tidal wave to come.
"Huh..? What is it Wuppo?" Yasuke asked seeing Wuppo suddenly stopping in his attempt to make an onsen tsunami. "Oh... OH..! OH SHIT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?" Yasuke exclaimed tears coming down his face as the horrific smell made its way into his nose. Yasuke quickly threw his hand up in front of his face squeezing around his nose and mouth trying to avoid more of the rotten smell to enter. But what had already entered prompted him into a coughing fit and whether his mind wanted or not, his legs simply started running to find some kind of safe haven.
After a frantic escape he reached the main building and changing room which seemed to be well out of reach of the ogre's gas.
"Shit... the ogre is trying to off me..!" Yasuke said as he collapsed with his back against the wall struggling to regain his breath again. "Maybe there's a reason these creatures live on top of a mountain..."
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Wuppo
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Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Jul 2, 2018 16:08:48 GMT -8
"Wuppo makes da smell!" he giggled as Yasuke retreated to the nearest building, seeking shelter from the putrid smell of ogre gas.
Wuppo stood up, and stepped out of the pool and back up on the ground level, obviously to follow Yasuke, but was not going empty handed. One bucket had to be answered with another! He quickly lashed his giant club back to his side, and ran over to a giant stone basin. The basin itself was full of water, and was easily big enough for a normal sized human to bathe in. It probably took a group of hearty men to move the basin to its place when it was empty, but with a grunt and some shifting the weight around to balance it Wuppo was able to lift the large stone basin full of water by himself. He quickly came to the realization that he had to move quite slowly with the basin not only because of its weight, but because the water inside was easily sloshed out.
Wobbling, waddling, and shuffling, the naked Wuppo made his way to the building he'd seen Yasuke take shelter in. Wuppo tried to nudge the door open with his foot, but Wuppo's nudge ended up being more of a kick as the door slammed open, likely damaged in some way from the big foot that had just asserted it self upon the door.
"Wuppo SPLASH!" he yelled, and hurled the entire contents of the basin (what hadn't already splashed out) into the doorway of the room where Yasuke was seated with his back to the wall. It wouldn't matter where exactly in the room Yasuke was, as the amount of water would have been enough to drench anyone in the presumably small changing room.
Wuppo put the basin down on the floor, and laughed as he clapped for himself. "Wuppo good at splash! Good splash! Wuppo use big pot! Big pot for Wuppo!"
He was obviously happy with his handiwork.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jul 6, 2018 13:20:48 GMT -8
There was no rest for the wicked it seemed and just as Yasuke had finally gotten to breath fresh air through his tormented nostrils he heard the ominous sound of large ogre feet stomping towards the door - sounding heavier than before even. Yasuke jumped a bit as the door was kicked open expecting the foul odors to once again haunt his taste buds.
"Wuppo..?" Yasuke said with an almost fragile voice seeing the shadow of the large ogre carrying some kind huge basin in his arms though the full scope of what was going to happen did not dawn to Yasuke before its contents were mercilessly unleashed into the room. "Wuppo.. Nooo..!" Yasuke exclaimed though his words were quickly drowned as a small tsunami of water blasted towards the wall Yasuke was leaning towards. For a moment the world seemed to turn a couple of times as he was merged in the wet tornado wave which - if there was any left - had violently removed any last trace of 'sneaky' from Yasuke's body.
However as the wave had settled Yasuke found himself face down on the floor having lost consciousness for what he hoped was only just a moment. With a cough he he rolled himself over and opened his eyes again. "All this for a pumpkin..?" Yasuke murmured as he turned his head to see if Wuppo was still present.
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Wuppo
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Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Jul 7, 2018 16:54:01 GMT -8
Wuppo's gleeful chortle at his decisive victory in the splash fight was short-lived, and took only as few moments to die off as he looked at Yasuke laying face down on the floor of the now water-logged changing room. Wuppo crouched down enough to make his large ogre frame short enough to look through the human-sized door. In his crouched posture he scooted forward, now just inside the door. Wuppo reached his left arm out with his index finger extended and poked Yasuke in the side, moving the samurai just slightly as he lay unconscious on the floor. This was not the result Wuppo had been expecting from his mighty splash, and was certainly not behavior he'd seen Yasuke demonstrate in the past.
Very quickly Wuppo decided something was wrong, and that Yasuke was clearly in need of medical aid. Wuppo furrowed his brow and set about administering the only medical aid he was capable of at that point. With his large, banana-like digit still extended, Wuppo poked Yasuke again - but this time slightly harder. The poke did its job successfully, and after only a few seconds total elapsed time Yasuke coughed and rolled over. Yasuke would be able to look up at Wuppo with a big toothy grin on his face.
"Dat big splash! Big water! From pot! You sleep, but Wuppo gives you da poke! Wuppo use finger for poke, an you'z..!" Wuppo coughed twice in demonstration of the events as he'd just witnessed them, which caused him to blow his hot, smelly ogre breath onto Yasuke. "Like dis! Now you'z not sleep. Wuppo fink 'Dis not sleep time!', an' fink somefin wrong when you sleep. So Wuppo gives you da poke!"
Wuppo would remain crouched just inside of the doorway of the changing room until he was sure Yasuke wasn't going to drift off to 'sleep' again.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jul 8, 2018 3:25:44 GMT -8
The ogre certainly had no idea of what 'practical first aid' meant, and with a few pokes that could have bruised the ribs and caused internal bleeding in people less durable than Yasuke, he felt the cruelty of the world returning to him.
"Wu-wuppo?" he said as the ogre's face more or less filled his vision as he turned his head followed by the foul and warm odor from the ogre's mouth as he spoke that caused Yasuke's eyes to pop wide open as he sat up surprised and coughed a couple of times.
Perhaps the ogre did not know of first aid, but he had definitely gotten Yasuke back to consciousness again with his method of shocking Yasuke's senses back to life.
"I-I'm good now Wuppo..!" Yasuke said and waved his hand at Wuppo as to dissuade him of trying anything else. Yasuke stood up and looked around to see what he had feared: His clothes had been totally drenched too and with a sigh he looked back at Wuppo and then at the clothes again. There was no reason to scold the ogre though, nothing good would come of that anyway, and he reluctantly started putting on his drenched hakama along with the rest. The feeling of the wet clothes towards the skin was only slightly better than the feeling of the itching sneaky but reminded him too much about when his dad would punish him and throw him in the freezing lake with all his clothes on when he was a child.
Shaking his head he let the thought go again as he was unlikely to ever see the old bastard again.
"So... ehrm... Now that we're quite clean let's go home right?" Yasuke suggested with a wide grin.
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Kojuro Hizashi
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Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on Dec 29, 2018 14:14:12 GMT -8
He let Yasuke help him up and they wended their way, slightly worse for wear, towards the Five Flowers Onsen. Feeling a little dejected he had to wonder just why he took everything to extremes. He knew it was a bad idea to drink so much so quickly, yet he had done it anyway, almost as if he wanted bad things to happen to him. The Five Flowers Onsen was open all night, which meant that Yasuke didn’t have to break in at least and they wouldn’t have any more trouble with the guards. Unlike the personal service at the Shikanoyu Hitou the Five Flowers was a little more rough and ready, but for two ronin who turned up looking like half drowned sewer rats it was more than they could expect.
After a bracing scrub down and rinse out he found himself up to his neck in warm mineral-scented water with a towel on his head. “This kind of thing could really make a man soft,” he said, without much of a note of disapproval in his voice, as the heat made the icy river water a distant memory. “Yasuke,” he turned his head in the general direction of his friend, “I was thinking about what you said earlier. About your father. Do you think…” he paused, wondering how to phrase his question.
“Do you think there’s anything I could do, as the lord, to try to make sure that doesn’t happen to other children? Was there anything that would have stopped him, if there was a law of some kind? And how would you enforce it? It’s one thing taking out the Shogun… but if each man is the petty dictator of his own household then, it’s impossible to stamp out cruelty.” He looked up at the night sky. A wispy cloud drew itself across the moon’s face.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Dec 30, 2018 3:28:48 GMT -8
"Pffft..! Eight mon for entering, what is this place coming to? 'Extra night charge', I'll show them extra night charge..." Yasuke mumbled and clacked his teeth as they passed through the gate and into the onsen. However it would not be right now they would be shown what he meant be the vague threat of 'extra night charge' his body cold and shivering and longing only for the warm embrace of the onsen. Although he could have jumped into the hot springs immediately he followed Kojuro's lead and scrubbed and rinsed himself before sliding into the basin.
Yasuke had purposely chosen another basin than the one he and Wuppo had used last time out - just to be sure. He wondered if the hike in tariff had had anything to do with what happened at that time? "Hmm... probably not..." he whispered to himself and leaned his head backwards thinking it wouldn't be a bad way to end all nights out submerging his body in the warm water of an onsen - only thing missing was Kuri-san besides him but perhaps one day... Although Kojuro being there wasn't bad at all and he had enjoyed this night out far more than he could remember he had enjoyed any night out for a long time.
Yasuke let his head rolled slightly towards Kojuro in its leaned back position listening to Kojuro's question.
"Stop my dad..?" Yasuke mused and moved to scratch his head. "If the laws had worked to start with in that small village of ours I would have grown up without a dad." Yasuke said and shrugged. "Which wouldn't have been all bad considering things." he added. It was odd that Kojuro would relay such a question to him and it almost felt as if he was willing to do something about it and Yasuke felt as if he had to give a better answer than that.
"Maybe..." he said and puckered his lips thinking. "Now I'm no specialist, but I don't think I've learned anything from his beatings other than how to deal with the pain and keeping my anger in check. Maybe children don't become better children when their parents beat them?" Yasuke suggested. "Can one really tell people to not do what they please with their property - even if you are the shogun?" Yasuke asked the thought almost comical to him.
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Kojuro Hizashi
Dedicated
Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on Jan 2, 2019 14:33:18 GMT -8
“Maybe not,” Kojuro replied. “But then again. If there is something to be done it can't hurt to think about it. Would a law really stop people like your father, even if it could be passed? Maybe a law isn't the right way to go about it at all...” Kojuro mused.
“You know Yasuke, my father never beat me, not once. There were times, though, that I wished he had. At least if he got angry, and hit me, at least I'd know what I did wrong and be punished for it. And then … I could just move on. But all I got from him was disappointment, disapproval, that just went on. He never would even explain to me why. I used to provoke him of course. I wanted to see … if I could make him mad just once, angry enough to hit me just once. Lots of other people did of course, my instructors, uncle Taka, even Anzen-onee-san once.” He laughed, but soon after his face reassumed a melancholy expression as he looked back up to the clouds floating by. “I suppose that sounds crazy. I wanted my father's approval, and when I couldn't get that I just wanted … something … I suppose.”
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Jan 4, 2019 14:06:46 GMT -8
Yasuke turned his head back and looked up into the stars before closing his eyes with a sigh. Being this contemplative wasn't exactly his strong side, but then again he had always thought that there was something to be said for experience - and that he had.
"I don't think anything could have stopped him but... well..." he said and casually gestured with one arm. "Sometimes it's not the sum of the beatings but that one strike you may or may not receive that defines your future, and I guess perhaps if a law makes it so that some parents think twice just once - then perhaps the kid will come to know that it isn't right." Yasuke explained casually though in his heart something was heating up that was not caused by the water. Did he still hold a grudge towards Gihei? And could you do that after the bastard was dead? After all that was supposed to have been the definite separation between the two.
"He didn't... Why you're luck..." Yasuke said and almost yawned expecting Kojuro to tell him something rather meaningless, but when he changed the tone to 'I wish he had' Yasuke stopped his comment short and turned towards Kojuro with a surprised frown listening to the rest he had to say.
"Ahhh... Takahashi-san is scary..! Never spoke with him, but then again who would with the glance he sends you?" Yasuke joked and chuckled. Takahasi seemed like a bad omen every time he was near and Yasuke had the feeling that Takahashi had never believed him being a samurai for a second but had far too much respect for Kojuro to voice his opinion.
Yasuke rubbed his chin trying to put himself in Kojuro's shoes but it was hard to really picture it with any realism. Wanted to get hit by your father? That was a tough one to imagine. Yasuke formed a cup hand and with a sudden and swift motion he shoveled a handful of water into Kojuro's face and turned towards him with a firm expression.
"You're the Lord of The Land, how can he be disappointed in you? Also don't get give me that self pity, you're definitely stronger than that and your dad's concern are his own you know..." Yasuke said before he slid back into the water only his head emerging from the water once again gazing to the sky. How did someone manage to continue to act upon someone else when they had already been surpassed, forgotten or were gone for good, Yasuke contemplated.
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Kojuro Hizashi
Dedicated
Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on May 22, 2019 13:34:33 GMT -8
Kojuro nodded. Yasuke was thinking hard about this and he was going to take his insights seriously. “That’s right. Even if you can’t stop everybody doing it, you can at least let them know that is unacceptable.” Here in Kiyonai he could put a declaration out tomorrow outlawing child beating on pain of execution but if they managed to get their way and take the capital … The Emperor himself could outlaw it. “If you think it would help then I’ll do it,” he said, giving an affirmative nod.
As much as Kojuro was sighing and looking up at the sky with a far away expression, he wasn’t so far gone that he didn’t notice the sly movement of Yasuke’s hand, trying to stealthily gather up water. Staying still he bided his time until just before his companion was about to fling the water and grabbed hold of his arm with a lightning quick strike. “And striking your Lord’s face is punishable by Takahashi’s toe torture and death, so I just saved your life!” he remarked with a drunken grin spreading across his face. But having grabbed Yasuke he quickly let go of him again as he leaned back against the bank once more. “I am the Lord of the Land,” and belatedly realised that they were supposed to be somewhat incognito and repeated it much more quietly, “but that doesn’t suddenly make me infallible does it? I’m still the same idiot I was half a year ago. But maybe you’re right, Yasuke, you know. I think I had the first talk with my father where he seemed to actually not disapprove of my plans. Maybe some things have changed in the last five years. Maybe I have grown up a bit.”
He paused, took another look back up at the moon while Yasuke submerged himself in the pool. “He certainly wouldn’t approve of this though,” Kojuro chuckled, giving Yasuke a conspiratorial grin, thinking of the night’s adventures with the fake beard and the drunken thugs, the running away from the guards and hiding in the river. “No, he would not approve at all…”
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on May 23, 2019 9:47:43 GMT -8
Yasuke looked to Kojuro with eyes wide open at his proposal. Sure it wouldn't take away the beatings he had got from Gihei, but it would more less be like grasping the hand of every father in Kiyonai about to strike their child and a faint smile would emerge on Yasuke's face nodding slowly.
"Would you... really do that?" he said taken aback by his proposal adding "I'd really like that." his voice genuinely grateful. It seemed that noble people actually could care for those beneath them - Yasuke maybe had to adjust his outlook a bit here.
"Pffft, then it's clearly a while back you've been struck if you called that an attempted strike..!" Yasuke said acknowledging his preparation for the splash of water had been too obvious. Yasuke listened to Kojuro's words with a neutral expression as he shrugged. "Maybe he has grown up a bit." Yasuke suggested referring to Ryuzo. "You're not infallible, it's just..." he said and sighed deeply. "Ya know I came from pretty lousy conditions and even I have a much firmer belief in who I am and what I can do. It may be that you fail only when you expect to fail?" he suggested casually.
Yasuke mirrored Kojuro looking up in the sky thinking 'Gihei surely would that ol' bastard...' and almost wishing that he could have shared just one similar moment like this with his dad before things went over board.
"Maybe Ryuzo was not as different from you when he was your age?" Yasuke suggested breaking the silence. "Sometimes good parents are hard on their children to teach them the lessons they didn't learn themselves in time - or so I've heard." Yasuke's brows lifting along with a wry smile.
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Kojuro Hizashi
Dedicated
Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on May 25, 2019 12:41:39 GMT -8
“Yes, I would do it,” replied Kojuro as he returned a smile to Yasuke. “I'll have to run it past the advisors and someone who knows more about lawmaking would write the actual law but yes. I promise you, it will happen.” There couldn't exactly be a downside to stopping Kiyonai's children being exposed to casual cruelty by their parents.
“Maybe you should try again if you're not happy with your performance?” he teased Yasuke, prepared for him to start something a second time, but it seemed that the urge to splash about in the pool was gone for now. “Maybe,” Kojuro's brow furrowed, thinking of Ryuzo's first words when they hadn't seen each other for five years, and his threats to send Nakatani away, then later his seeming reasonableness when Kojuro had told his father of his plans for the war. He wasn't entirely convinced Ryuzo had changed, or even that Ryuzo approving of his plans wasn't some kind of trick.
“I don't mean like that,” he laughed, “there's only one way for a bushi to fail, and that's to die trying.” Although after a few moments went by, the rest of Yasuke's words seemed to filter through. “Hmm what do you mean? 'A belief in who you are and what you can do'? Who are you then, Shisou Yasuke? And who am I, if I don't know what it is that I am?”
“I don't know what he was like when he was my age,” Kojuro said. “Only what Uncle Genji told me – that Ryuzo was the more studious and cautious of the brothers, and Genji always practicing for war and preparing for the day he could fight for the honour of the Empress.” He turned to Yasuke suddenly with a hard look in his eyes, “Do you think my father is a good parent? From what you've seen of him? Am I the one being irrational not to trust him?”
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on May 26, 2019 1:10:41 GMT -8
Ahh yes... the bureaucracy was going to get involved and thus Yasuke foresaw quite clearly that the law would most likely end up being 'As a matter of general advice, as a parent, one should not punish one's child's misdoings with with such force or in such ways that it is dangerous for the life and well being of your little rascal" - in other words it would be something to shrug off. Still Kojuro's intent was real enough and at least he could appreciate that although he large changes were unlikely to happen.
"Naaah, you proved your point, Lord Hizashi. Your vassals fear you for the repercussions that will be set against them if they do conspire against you." Yasuke smirked with hands behind his head. It was true, they did - only one was so deep into it that the only way forwards was adding to the castle of lies, hoping that truths wouldn't weigh it down to the extend that it all came crashing down.
"Die trying you say..?" Yasuke said as his expression turned to one of pondering. "Have you ever looked someone in the eyes who really, really died trying his damnest?" Yasuke asked and turned his head to Kojuro. "It's not a pretty sight nor is it the sight of someone honoring the bushi way - poor sod just doesn't want to die..." he said brows furrowing and memories racing back to Gihei primarily.
"Who I am? Who you are?" Yasuke asked his eyes briefly looking like some who just wanted to escape and his head spinning not being used to questions like that. "I think... we're just people who try really hard, and try really hard not to make that trying be the cause of our deaths." Yasuke said based on what he had just said. "I guess that does makes us bushi, since we haven't failed yet." a jesting smile appearing.
"It's hard for me to judge what a good parent is and I hate to tell you this, but I would have given my left arm to switch parents." Yasuke said and sighed. "It's not only the wealth but he really wants you to succeed, that much is clear to me. My ol' dad just wanted me not to expose him as the sad loser he was by making sure I became no better than himself." Yasuke mused as reality dawned to him.
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