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Post by Akodo Ichiro on Mar 23, 2018 23:03:22 GMT -5
"It was a good life. for a time. My father is a high ranking military official, we wanted for little. I never fit into his pretty military officer box that he wanted for me. I was too wild, unable to calmly dictate plan. After my gempukku I spent many nights down in the barracks drinking with the soldiers, getting in fights and such. Every time I came home dad looked at me with shame in his eyes. but I cared little. My father and I never saw eye to eye on things. My mother was very traditional housewife, my sisters and brothers are all the perfect cookie cutter kids he wants, I am somewhat of a black sheep just luckily a talented one to end up here." he was starting to feel his drink and was getting a little rambly while he spoke.
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Post by Ichiro Priya on Mar 26, 2018 18:03:15 GMT -5
"Heh, talent. I wish I could say that I felt talented. I mean, you win a scolarship that tells you how great you are, and then puts you down in place where you are distinctly average"
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Post by Akodo Ichiro on Mar 26, 2018 18:08:01 GMT -5
"I can think of worse things besides being average in an extraordinary place." He looked Priya in the eyes "besides there is very little about you I would call average."
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Post by Ichiro Priya on Mar 26, 2018 18:15:32 GMT -5
She laughs a little, the drink getting to her as well, maybe a little more than she would admit "Average is not good enough. The Samurai follow the ways of Bushido, but the ways of the bushi are dying out. We need something to make us extraordinary, or we are just going to... Fade away"
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Post by Akodo Ichiro on Mar 26, 2018 18:17:28 GMT -5
Ichiro nodded "you are not wrong it is a new world. We may still hold elevated positions but clearly we are not what we once were. What do you suggest we do about it?"
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Post by Ichiro Priya on Mar 26, 2018 18:19:58 GMT -5
"There is not much we can do about it" she admits "Other than forge a place for ourselves through brilliance and skill. Maybe by the time I hit second year, I will have at least one of those"
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Post by Akodo Ichiro on Mar 26, 2018 18:22:06 GMT -5
Ichiro sighed "you are a remarkably insecure person aren't you?" He said with a chuckle "never would have guessed one of the best wrestlers in school, not to mention one of the prettiest girl would be so down on herself." His hand finds hers giving a reassuring squeeze "you are more than you think you are."
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Post by Ichiro Priya on Mar 27, 2018 23:20:35 GMT -5
"I would have to be" she jokes with a little smile
"Well, I am not down on my time here or anything. I met Mako, some other people. I would just like to make more of it you know? I mean, ultimately I think for similar reasons to you. I want to prove myself my own person"
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Post by Akodo Ichiro on Mar 28, 2018 0:07:47 GMT -5
"Speaking from someone that has been where you are you are the only one that can do that. I drifted through my first few years here and didn't make the most of it then something happened and I realized I needed to use this school to its fullest. You are worlds ahead of me when I was a first year you are building a relationship with Aiko-sensei, finding your path. You're quite literally one of the most unique students here. Stop being so hard on yourself. You're going places that much I can tell."
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Post by Ichiro Priya on Mar 28, 2018 0:45:51 GMT -5
She shakes her head, and knocks back her drink "What is it, about drinking, that makes us lament so much, but we love it so?"
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