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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 2, 2014 6:46:26 GMT
After leaving Izo, Kasumi went back to the room where Masu was with the Otomo's daughter. She again requested permission to enter, in order to announce her presence. She didn't want to enter like that and have him do something rash. "I have spoken to the chief magistrate," she said when she was in the room, "and he's discussing option with Otomo Minoru-san. While he's talking, maybe we can do so as well. Can you tell me a bit about yourself? Where do you come from and why did you do what you did?"
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 2, 2014 23:32:35 GMT
Otomo.. they were insufferable pawns at the best of times and bloodsucking leeches thought sought you dead and deprived of your fortunes and friends at their worst. Izo made a grunt at the all too obvious indecision of waiting to be correct. "Otomo-san, your daughters life is on the line. Would you really wish him to make the first decision regarding your daughters life or be seen as a man who can make a good choice regardless of the consequences. Noone could fault you if you made the offer of mercy yet obvious execution and he turned it down."
Otomo..
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 2, 2014 23:37:05 GMT
Posting as Hida-Masu
he made sure his hostage was prime for the killing if he thought this Mantis woman was going to make a move. "What option would that be? Turn myself over for a swift death? Ha! I am a veteran of the Imperial Legion regardless of my accused upbringings. I served with honor and yet they cast me down for being born in the gutter? Where is the fairness in that? I am a warrior regardless of birth to be fed and to fight. That is all i ever wanted. I did what I had to do to survive. You would have done the same in my place."
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 3, 2014 7:03:52 GMT
Posting as Otomo Minoru
"You make an excellent point there, Hida-san," Minoru said, "you can make the offer." He was surprised that a Hida managed to come up with a way to keep him politically out of trouble, as the Crab were not known for their political ways, except maybe the Yasuki. But to get his daughter back, he would do a lot and this offered a nice way out.
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 3, 2014 7:07:08 GMT
"Why didn't you try as ashigaru instead of pretending to be a samurai," she asked, "you know those things are punished severely. And ashigaru are always needed in all clan armies. And if you're good enough to pretend to be samurai, you can climb up in their ranks as well."
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 3, 2014 22:41:11 GMT
He gave a curt nod to the Otomo, his mempo thankfully hiding a bit of a lip curl as he stalked away from the man an awaited Kasumi's little recon mission to be done. In the meantime he ensured that a water shugenja was being summoned.. whether one would arrive or not was entirely to the whims of the masters.
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 3, 2014 22:47:30 GMT
Posting as Hida-Masu
"Better to pretend to be something of use then an ashigaru used simply as fodder so the 'noble' Samurai can engage in combat without dying to the hails of arrows first or being used as sacrificial pawns. Better to be caught as a Samurai then die in my first battle as an Ashigaru. I wanted to be more then I was supposedly destined to be. Totori elevated a peasant to Samurai, why could the same not have happened to me?"
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 5, 2014 9:07:50 GMT
"What you say might be true," Kasumi said, "but they will not elevate someone to samurai status who has taken hostage a young girl. And yes, you can kill her, but you also know that as soon as you do that, you're dead as well. So I have worked out a deal, where you will become part of the clan who's name you have taken, as asigharu on the Kaiu Wall."
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 6, 2014 17:15:11 GMT
Posting as Hida-Masu
The hinin seemed to consider this proposal for a long moment, perhaps there was a sliver of a chance that there he would find his destiny and become elevated to a ji-samurai. He had never faced shadowlands creatures before, but he was no man of fear.
"Very well Tsuruchi-sama, on your word of honor that all will accept this agreement I accept as well." once Kasumi (hopefully) accepted he would smile and lower his tanto from the girl.
"I never held anyone hostage. This young woman offered to help me when hearing of my plight."
Posting as Narihime (the daughter)
"It is true Kasumi-sama.. my father is a terrible man. The other night he got drunk and I overheard him speak of terrible deceit.. he arranged to have a man killed many years ago." the young woman remain poised, but her face was drawn and pale. The war of duty and loyalty to her family vs doing the right thing played on her gentle features.
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 7, 2014 6:38:37 GMT
Well, this is a strange development, Kasumi thought. She hadn't yet heard back from Izo whether Otomo Minoru had accepted. "You have my word," she said to the man, before turning to the young woman. "These things happen," she said to Narihime, "I've killed people too, and I've also seen that people have been sent into situation they knew their chances of survival would be very low to non-existent. But if they hadn't done so, many more would have died. It's a task samurai sometimes have to do to protect our empire, and while it is not a task anybody wants to do willingly, we all have our duty to the empire."
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 9, 2014 22:59:18 GMT
Posting as Narihime
The young woman fidgeted slightly before nodding not entirely convinced.
Posting as Hida Izo
He had listened in to their little conversation and hmmed softly to himself before speaking.
"The Otomo has accepted the deal Tsuruchi-san how fares the man and the daughter?" knowing full well of course, but if there was any second doubts it would have to be voiced now.
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 10, 2014 6:23:19 GMT
"Both are fine, Hida-san," Kasumi said, "and he accepts the deal as well." She wasn't going to start an investigation on Otomo Minoru. That was something for Izo to decide. Besides, with only his daughter bearing testimony, there was not much they could do about it. "I think it's time to go outside," she said to Masu, "Hida Izo-san will take over there."
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Post by Bayushi Izo on Oct 14, 2014 23:08:41 GMT
Hida Masu leaves the room and surrenders himself to Izo's care. It would take some time to arrange secure transport for the man, but that was a task he could hand over to the normal magistrates. He eyed the daughter as she followed out as well thankfully her dad was worrying about in a different part of the house so he hadn't heard.
"I am going to escort Hida Masu to the nearest magistrates office to arrange transport." he didn't trust the guards to not have sore feelings for killing their friends. "The outcome was satisfactory."
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Post by tsuruchi kasumi on Oct 15, 2014 6:03:16 GMT
Kasumi heard his last remark and she could agree. It had been resolved without any bloodshed and the Crab would get a good ashigaru who might even surprise them. Well, time to get back to her regular work.
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