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Tassu
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Responsible for training Bayushi bushi and courtiers, Honor's Lesson Dojo has half a dozen academies on World of Dreams, with the largest one located a few blocks from the Castle of Misty Moon. This esteemed dojo is open to the general public, and while lessons are conducted behind closed doors, many of the practice halls and shooting ranges can be used whenever a class is not in session. The practice halls have been built in a traditional fashion, with concrete walls hidden behind hand-carved wooden panels. The vast floor is covered with tatami-mats woven from artificial fibers, rather than traditional straw, making the mats easier to replace. Row upon row of bokken and other practice weapons hang from racks built along the walls, allowing visitors and students to spar without risking serious injury.

The shooting ranges are located underground for safety reasons, large signs indicating that the spaces reserved for gunnery practice and marksmanship are under constant video surveillance, ostensibly to allow the sensei to observe the form of the students. In reality, such surveillance is a standard safety procedure allowing the academy security to lock down individual rooms should something unusual happen. The shooting ranges themselves are simple, offering a choice between moving and suddenly appearing targets. Notably, the Bayushi bushi only ever shoot at roughly human-shaped targets to better condition the samurai to fire reflexively when spotting an enemy. Phoenix and Dragon bushi might find this slightly unsettling, while the Mantis and Crab bushi likely feel right at home. The shooting ranges are usually guarded by small groups of senior students who both instruct the younger students, who come to practice in their free time, and ensure that any visitors follow the rules of the dojo. Notably, anyone trying to bring a weapon heavier than a standard rifle will be turned away, the Scorpion sensei unwilling to let trigger happy visitors wreak havoc on shooting ranges graded for small weapons.

Location rules: While the dojo can be visited whenever, the shooting ranges and practice halls are open to the public between Late Afternoon and Late Night, as classes take place during the morning and early afternoon.

Practice weapons have the following DR:
Small weapons: 0k1
Medium weapons: 0k2
Large weapons: 0k3
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Watcher in the Dark • All the Tentacles • Buck Stops Here • Experienced 3

The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, the Fortunes still watch and judge us. Evil lurks in the datalinks as it lurked in the alleys of yesteryear. But it was never the alleys that were evil.
- Soshi Haruhi
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