Black Tortoises Unite! (Genbu)

[Kakita Miki]

Or getting a pony.

Stupid unicorn always get ponies. I wanted a pony but I never got one.

It's not fair, I tell you!

Unicorn's official reply:

Please do! 

[Kaiu Yosai]

Head + Desk

God damn ponies, they haunt me so!

[Soshi Karoshi]

And on more serious note, Yosai, I have some heimin capability for minor repairs and crafting simple items, but the big things like structures and such are for the command staff to handle. I guess you may carve a niche in there for yourself with your natural predilections, you may want to talk to GMs about it.

[Kaiu Yosai]

Yeah I probaby should but to the real question as to wither it will actually come up. From my take on it we are already set up structure wise for winter.

[Soshi Karoshi]

Well, I was just considering following things:

1. Harsh weather makes structures erode or hinder their functionality.
2. Their defensibility is not a given, but something to be maintained, improved and adjusted to new conditions.
3. In case of sabotage or a destruction of different origin, there should be a person to set up emergency reconstruction.

My bet is that EB wouldn't set up a Legion for us here with all the command chain and stuff if we were not supposed to fight. And it may well be that it is us who gets attacked rather than the other way around.

[Asako Hanasaku]

Now we get children...?

This is madness.

Toturi Sezaru got his gempukku and was serving the Imperial families by the time he was my age. Naka Kuro, one of the first Grand Masters of the Elements, had finished all training in the Isawa school at an age younger than I. I am young. But I am an adult.

Surely an honorable Lion would not dishonor my name, the decisions of my sensei and the names of those who came before by saying otherwise. Right?
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And as far as the more serious discussion's concerned, we should probably be prepared for anything; Karoshi's got the right idea. After all, its gonna fall to Genbu Company to fix these sort of problems.

(Edited for Setting Accuracy)

[Soshi Karoshi]

Is it seppuku-worthy in Asako valuational system to be pointed out that it was Kaeteru not Kuro who was the first Grand Master?

Anyhow, Yasuko is a liaison to the Byakko chui. Would it not be prudent, Asako-san, to do the same toward Seiryu? Their chui is your kinsman, of rare breed. You are the right man to counsel him.

[Asako Hanasaku]

Yes. My bad OOC. ^_^

And I will counsel whoever requires my counsel, within our company or otherwise.

[Yoritomo Amano]

Now we get children...?

This is madness.

Toturi Sezaru got his gempukku and was serving the Imperial families by the time he was my age. Naka Kuro, one of the first Grand Masters of the Elements, had finished all training in the Isawa school at an age younger than I. I am young. But I am an adult.

Surely an honorable Lion would not dishonor my name, the decisions of my sensei and the names of those who came before by saying otherwise. Right?
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And as far as the more serious discussion's concerned, we should probably be prepared for anything; Karoshi's got the right idea. After all, its gonna fall to Genbu Company to fix these sort of problems.

(Edited for Setting Accuracy)

This humble Mantis must ask what kind of hubris one must possess in order to compare oneself to Sezaru and a Grand Master of the Elements.

[Soshi Karoshi]

I blame the youthful pimple on his cheek. He seems to treasure it for he forbids to pinch it out.

[Akodo Heisuke]

Now we get children...?

This is madness.

Toturi Sezaru got his gempukku and was serving the Imperial families by the time he was my age. Naka Kuro, one of the first Grand Masters of the Elements, had finished all training in the Isawa school at an age younger than I. I am young. But I am an adult.

Surely an honorable Lion would not dishonor my name, the decisions of my sensei and the names of those who came before by saying otherwise. Right?

A madman and a man who fiddled with knowledge best left untouched, and not to mention you presume too much. Power without restrain is only a path to perdition.

Genius normally tend to burn out in a flash. Hard work tempers the brash nature of youth.

[Soshi Karoshi]

I'd even say that pursuing extremes is a path to perdition.

[Asako Hanasaku]

When they are the only widely-known comparisons Yoritomo-sama, and the obvious ones no moral man would wish to dishonor, to do so is only natural. Say what you will but there are not many examples of samurai who achieved their gempukku prior to the age of ten to draw upon and I had to be sure that the chosen names would be familiar to Akodo-sama.

That said, your argument is flawed for I did not compare our skills or the glory of our names, but rather pointed out a single quality we share as a citation of historical precedent. A bushi of the Lion will often point out proudly that he is of the same clan as many specific Lion heroes, and to allow insult upon the actions of his clan, dishonors not just him but those who took part in similar action before him. However, this does not mean that he is truly comparing himself to Akodo One-Eye.

That said, if you believe citing historical precedent to be hubris, I would have you take such claims up with the Ikoma Historians, the masters of the Asako libraries and those who maintain stores of knowledge within your own clan. I suspect they would question the validity of such wisdom.
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And Akodo-sama, you presume that my 'power' is without restraint. I am but a simple courtier and tactical advisor. I call upon the wisdom of Sun Tao, Akodo-kami and others just as any other advisor would do. My knowledge is that which has been gained in the Asako libraries at the behest of sensei more suited to deciding whether or not I should be given said knowledge than yourself. If you wish to question my presence, do so to those who made the decision to send me here. Speak to my Lord. Speak to the heads of the Legion who allowed my presence. You claim I presume too much and then from the same mouth you presume to call the actions of those you and I serve into question. Hypocrisy suits no Lion and you do yourself a disservice by employing it.
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Soshi-sama, I would agree. I do not seek to emulate the extremes. I do not pursue knowledge beyond what is acceptable. To know of war is an honorable pursuit as, as any Lion will tell you, samurai are made for war.

[Yoritomo Amano]

I am so drinking you under a table.

[Yogo Ousei]

I am so drinking you under a table.

He can fit under the table without drinking.