[D11 LM] Matters of Honor

[Tassu]

The Miya adjunct was equally puzzled, waving her fan between Manatsu and Goro as she tried to figure out the winner. It was her solemn duty to proclaim the will of Heavens - and not that the Heavens had spoken, she was unsure how to act. After few short and rather confused moments, she regained her composure, pointing her fan between the two duelists. "The Heavens have spoken! Neither side is favored by the Heavens. Thus, both sides are at right." she declared with all the conviction of a well-read bureaucrat.


"So be it." Goro mused. "It was fun, love."



"Pffft..." Manatsu scoffed, her gaze lingering on Goro even as she pressed her hand to her chest, her fingers stained in blood.


"I'd fuck you." Goro added with an awkward makeshift bow, almost as if he was praising her, wincing as he did so. Manatsu's blade had cut deep.


"Daigotsu-san can fuck himself with a tetsubo!" Manatsu snapped, anger gleaming in her eyes, the Lion present likely wondering if she would try to murder her opponent.


"You are one kinky kitty, Matsu-san." Daigotsu duelist chuckled, amused, offering Manatsu a wink. ""You know where to find me."


"As if!" Turning her back to Goro, Manatsu stormed from the location, a rather concerned looking Kitsu priest chasing her.

[Akodo Reki]

Reki sighed, "Well...I want some tea. Would anyone else like any?"

She looked at the others present.

[Susumu Yakumo]

Yakumo watched the two duelists still go at it... in their own way.

"Both sides are right," she murmured, holding her hand between both her hands without opening it. Unsure of how to intepret this result at first, but she approached Kanna as those thoughts settled in, walking with confident steps.

Stopping before the Lion, the Spider songstress bowed. "Kitsu-san, it seems the Heavens have decided that we were both right. We should both consider this the sign of the Heavens that we should both try to do better, moving forward - a beginning for the Lion and the Spider to understand eachother better."

[Kitsu Kanna]

No guidance from her ancestors. No guidance from heavens. Yet another choice she had to make on her own, without a superior force helping her not to stray away from the righteous path.

The temptation of just slapping the extended hand under the pretext of honor was great. It was the simplest choice. Everyone would go home as angry as they came and nothing would change.

And the very opposite of what honor was about. The path of honor was the one that made a better person out of you, out of others. To use the name of honor to defend the status quo was far more of a failure of bushido than anything she could have accused the Spider of.

"I would say you're right Susumu-sama. And I would say Akodo-sama's suggestion of getting some tea is also quite appropriate."

[Susumu Yakumo]

The acceptance was a surprise, but a welcome one. And Yakumo smiled before bowing her head slightly, and once more a proper bow to the Lion-gunso who had courteously offered tea.

"Tea sounds good yes. Once Daigotsu-san's wounds have been tended to, of course."

It felt poor form to leave her champion in the dust, after all. The Matsu might have stomped off, but Yakumo would take the opportunity to bow deeply to the man who had been her blade. "Thank you for standing in for me, Daigotsu-san. Shall we have someone see to your injury?"