The Welcome Dinner (Post-Event Thread) [D1, Early Evening]

[Iuchi Saksaha]

"I was born almost as close to the Western Sea as we are now to the Eastern," Sakasaha says, with a motion that makes the sequins and beads on her sleeve clink and flash a little. "For every year of my life the Clan traveled hard across this great continent, and only now have we come back to Rokugan. This country is not small, but it is not so large either." She tilts her head back to look at the ceiling beams of this tall wooden building as if there were stars up there. "I was born after the years of wide wanderings, but I have still seen many things. Deserts, great cities made all of white clay, steppes where there is always ice under the ground, a great lake so full of salt we could float without swimming... and things I should not speak of at this table, also." Straightening, she makes a quick warding gesture.

[Shimizu Ryori]

Khulun finishes her food and just folds her arms watching him leave before nodding to her cousin and then taking a seat with the Lion. She pours more kumis for them both and says, “Foul company needs good drink to forget their presence.”

“So what do you feed your lion?”

He smiles "meat, preferably fresh but she is making do with your cooked stuff"

He takes the drink and sips this one.

"Can I feed her?" she says excitedly.

"We can get fresh meat! A Mighty killer like her deserves the best."

"Fresh meat tomorrow would be good, feeding her much more tonight would make her lazy, but if you wish to give her a little something" he signals Kyra the lion perks up watching his hand movement then looks expectantly toward Khulun.

[Soshi Taira]

"I was born almost as close to the Western Sea as we are now to the Eastern," Sakasaha says, with a motion that makes the sequins and beads on her sleeve clink and flash a little. "For every year of my life the Clan traveled hard across this great continent, and only now have we come back to Rokugan. This country is not small, but it is not so large either." She tilts her head back to look at the ceiling beams of this tall wooden building as if there were stars up there. "I was born after the years of wide wanderings, but I have still seen many things. Deserts, great cities made all of white clay, steppes where there is always ice under the ground, a great lake so full of salt we could float without swimming... and things I should not speak of at this table, also." Straightening, she makes a quick warding gesture.

Taira listened in silence, and then said, softly. "I should like to see some of it some day, though I doubt I ever will."

As she made a warding gesture, he added, blandly, "I fear we are not without our own... unpleasant realities. I pray you will never encounter them, so that your view of your new home is not spoiled."

[Iuchi Saksaha]

Taira listened in silence, and then said, softly. "I should like to see some of it some day, though I doubt I ever will."

As she made a warding gesture, he added, blandly, "I fear we are not without our own... unpleasant realities. I pray you will never encounter them, so that your view of your new home is not spoiled."

Saksaha lets out a dry huff of breath. "An unspoiled view is all very well, until you ride the wrong way and lose your horse in the bog you did not see. I had rather know what is under my feet, Soshi-san." Her expression softens somewhat, and she adds, "Though... perhaps not tonight. I would like to enjoy this, as the Ide intended."

[Soshi Taira]

Taira nodded.

"Hai, some things are not a subject for dinner conversation, even among the Crab."

Finishing the bowl, he glanced at the rapidly vanishing spread.

"I think our meal may be concluding, if this is any indication."

[Moto Khulun]

Khulun nods to the Lion and offers the big kitty some roasted fowl.

"Here you go... eat up."

[Iuchi Saksaha]

Taira nodded.

"Hai, some things are not a subject for dinner conversation, even among the Crab."

Finishing the bowl, he glanced at the rapidly vanishing spread.

"I think our meal may be concluding, if this is any indication."

Saksaha looks about and reaches the same conclusion. "It seems so," she says thoughtfully. "And I still know little about you Soshi-san, except your name, and that you drink sake and eat meat in moderation."

[Shimizu Ryori]

Khulun nods to the Lion and offers the big kitty some roasted fowl.

"Here you go... eat up."

Kyra almost seems to purr waiting for the food, she doesn't quite beg but she does give the biggest golden eyes to the Moto ever, once it is clear the meet is hers though those big jaws strike wide open and engulf it moving almost faster then the eye can catch it is only a moment of chewing and then that big tongue slides out and around her mouth.

[Soshi Taira]

Saksaha looks about and reaches the same conclusion. "It seems so," she says thoughtfully. "And I still know little about you Soshi-san, except your name, and that you drink sake and eat meat in moderation."

"Well, what would you like to know?"

Taira offered a cheeky smile.

"I'm really just an open scroll."

[Iuchi Batul]

Hiroji nods. "I do, but maybe another time. I am afraid I might need some rest from this... Food. As delicious as it was, my stomach just is not built for it. But thank you for the pleasant evening." Hiroji bows to leave.

"I will be exbecting this meeting for wonderful stories, Kaiu Hiroji-san." She replied with a bow to him in response. "Carry the fortunes."

[Moto Khulun]

Khulun nods to the Lion and offers the big kitty some roasted fowl.

"Here you go... eat up."

Kyra almost seems to purr waiting for the food, she doesn't quite beg but she does give the biggest golden eyes to the Moto ever, once it is clear the meet is hers though those big jaws strike wide open and engulf it moving almost faster then the eye can catch it is only a moment of chewing and then that big tongue slides out and around her mouth.

Khulun laughs and says, "I want one."

[Iuchi Saksaha]

"As we should not stay too much longer..." Saksaha glances around. It would be discourteous to the heimin who have to clean up after the feast to linger when things are meant to be ending, she thinks--a terribly Unicorn thing to consider, though this doesn't occur to her. "So. Tell me just one thing it is important that I should know about you, if I learn nothing else tonight."

[Moto Butaj]

"Butaj has both talent and skill for many kinds of riding. So Doji Fukawa is interested in how Butaj rides?" Slyness is not a feature of Butaj's smile, nor is shyness. He is just genuinely interested where Doji is heading with her banter. For all purposes, innuendo may be even entirely lost on him and he's just thinking about the literal. Or maybe not.

[Shimizu Ryori]

Khulun nods to the Lion and offers the big kitty some roasted fowl.

"Here you go... eat up."

Kyra almost seems to purr waiting for the food, she doesn't quite beg but she does give the biggest golden eyes to the Moto ever, once it is clear the meet is hers though those big jaws strike wide open and engulf it moving almost faster then the eye can catch it is only a moment of chewing and then that big tongue slides out and around her mouth.

Khulun laughs and says, "I want one."

"Matsu Beastmasters such as myself are trained in the raising and caring for our sisters, we fight side by side in battle. There friendship and trust is not something to be gifted to others but to be earned from them, thier ancestor and those of our Kitsu family once walked side by side and shared common blood. "

[Moto Khulun]

"So if I choose you I get big kitty, too?" She grins.