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[HailFire]

"Eh?" Asane paused, looking down at Akio for a moment before shaking her head. "You really are an idiot... Wait here a moment, you'll be fine."

Briskly, she heads for the changing room, bumping straight into Kenage as he rounds the corner.

"Oh, Moretsu-san? What a odd place to run into you... But nevermind that; would you pass me the medicine kit in my bag, and that bottle of sake? Akio-bōzu and I were sparring, and he's being a little melodramatic about his injuries~" She chuckles, blithely ignoring the face-full of cleavage she's giving him.

Start patching up wounds.

[thatkid]

Asane & Kenage
A light drizzle begins to fall, bursting into a heavy rain shortly thereafter as the two of you speak. Please refer to each other's post for what is and is not said, I guess?

Isaac
(38160(13)2=27+5=32) You put on a rather flashy display before making the request, and, perhaps awed by your strange mannerisms and general foreignness, or woo'd by your eloquent way of speaking, the man accepts your request to have him for dinner.

The man does not know the fallen duelist well, only knowing about him because of his famed skill. He informs you that the man will be given a proper burial as befits a member of the Samurai class, but otherwise nothing more will become of him or his family- which is rather unsubstantiated, as nobody is really aware of who are what his origins are, so wrapped up are they in the stories of his duels.
He does inform you, though, that the man had a number of fans who are likely to not take well to his defeat at the hands of a lowly foreigner.

Yoru
I don't understand the action.

Hori
(19=10) Yoshimori considers your argument for a moment, quietly sipping at his sake. Finally, he sets his cup aside, letting one of his bandits refill it as he speaks. "If what you say is true, Budoka-san, then you are a skilled warrior and you already have begun to life of an outlaw like myself. Why not join me, and we can be outlaws together? We will be able to do great things."

[Lillipad]

Hori was no man of honor, nor was he a man of the law. But an outlaw he was not. He would not break the law if he didn't feel a need to, nor would he enforce it. He was a man of the sword and bow. He wouldn't join these men, so he needed them to join him. Either that, or blades would likely need to fly.
-He responds, "I'm afraid I can't join you. I have no interest in law, or politics, or hostages, or money. I only seek what can advance my sword. Is there no peaceful way for you to let me do this? I'm not looking to fight an entire camp of bandits alone with only a sword and bow just because I spot one samurai from a family I don't know or care about."-

[Child of Armok]

Remember where on the roof the thing is, so i can come up again when i'm down.
Do this for each concrete-roofed building on the road's between the Prison and the execution platform.

[Kadzar]

Putting his eyes on the bag and keeping them there, he asks, "so, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

[HailFire]

"Oh, not at all; we just finished. You see, he was trying to impress me back at the inn by taking credit for defeating your brothers earlier today, and claiming to be the best swordsman in town... so I had to set him straight on the matter.

...Is something wrong, Moretsu-san?"

[Kadzar]

Kenage rummages through the bag and produces the medicine kit, "so you were fighting him, just now? Just fighting?"

[King_of_the_weasels]

"There is always someone seeking revenge, it's a vicious cycle, one that I'm apparently now apart of." Isaac played with his rice,"Still, if the train isn't running by the time of his funeral, I should still attend.."

Pay for the meal, spend rest of night in room.

[HailFire]

Asane tilts her head to the side, perplexed at Kenage's pointed line of questioning. "...Of course I was 'just' fighting. I am flattered you think I could multitask against such an opponent, but you perhaps overestimate my skill~" She paused thoughtfully for a moment. "Now that you mention it, though, fighting while balancing a sakazuki would be an interesting challenge... Ah, but would you please hurry with that? I'm sure he'll survive, but he was bleeding quite a bit..."

[Kadzar]

Kenage thrusts the medicine bag in her general direction while staring at the bag. "Here. I'm still looking for the sake. And what I meant by 'just' is...if you don't mind my asking, is there any particular reason you appear to be without clothing?"

[HailFire]

"Mm? Ah- let me get that." Asane takes the kit from Kenage and brushes past him, talking all the while as she takes a towel and the sake bottle off one of the benches, before heading back into the bath. "I was told that wearing your clothes into the baths was impolite... was I misled? Truth be told, my path doesn't often lead me into civilization..." She sighed, rolling her shoulders, "but more importantly, I didn't want to get them wet; after all, even if I didn't fall in like Akio-bōzu did, there's still quite a bit of steam... Moretsu-san, are you sure you're alright?"

[Kadzar]

"I suppose that sort of makes sense. Ah, here's the sake." He hands her the bottle while still keeping his eyes away from here direction. "Anyway, it's a good thing I saw you-- er, not like that. What I mean is, it's a good thing I ran into you. I recently got back from my meeting with the magistrate, and he's agreed to let me let you accompany me on my journey."

[Ardas]

"Its not an objection, but a question regarding the terrain around our location and roads leading here. we need to pick out the ambush site and quickly. We need to start planning now"

[thatkid]

Isaac
You have already paid for the meal, I believe. You have 9 Koku, 2 Bu worth of coinage. A complimentary breakfast is served, as well. What do you do the next day?

Asane & Kenage
Dialogue.

Hori
(77=14)
"Can this not advance your sword?" the Ronin asks, "Fighting and living the outlaw's life among brothers?"
He shakes his head and sighs, before saying, "But very well. You may leave, if you wish. But before you do, I must extend my hand in another offer, Budoka-san. If you truly believe that you could defeat our entirety if you wished, accompany us in a raid, and prove your words with steel."

Yoru
You could not possibly do that: You have one length of rope, and one grappling hook. And someone would notice if you just left them up, anyways. You cannot possibly go around setting up a climbing rope on every climbable building in the village.

Ardas & Hayato
"The road on which they presently travel passes through the Yukimatsu forest. It is relatively flat, and well-traveled," Nobunaga explains, pointing things out on the map as he goes, "Within a day's march of the village, the trees thin to farmland. Within two day's march, they are hilly, but not overly so."

[Lillipad]

Hori wasn't sure of what to do at this crossroad. He'd likely have an assassin sent after him if he left on a whim. And there was no chance Hori would go on a raid of villagers. After a while of thinking, it was decided. He would propose a road of his own.
-He speaks, "I don't bet with lives, a raid isn't in me. How about we have a friendly duel, right now, to decide things? We fight with sticks, and go to four hits. I win, you can either do nothing for me and have me leave, hand me your best sword, call off the raid, release your hostage, or give me the horse for my travels. Your choice of those things. You win, I join your group for as long as I continue to lose. To make that deal better, I can only challenge you once a month if I lose."