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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 13, 2018 23:13:56 GMT -5
Of course there would be a price, there’s always a price. But for now, Chiyo appreciated her side of the room for what minor victory it was. She had the wall that wasn’t being shared by a room next door. No thumping from the adjacent room would keep her up all night as it had in past years. The early bird gets the better nest.
“Yeah, stats, levels, points, whatever—as long as it’s not ugly.” She turns a page and then licks a finger to separate a pair that got stuck together. Always at the best part...wait...ew. A touch of disgust on her features as a mighty impure thought graced her mind. It’s a new book, she reminded herself. The pages get caught on each other sometimes that’s totally normal.
Wait—something something help with class.
“Sure, yeah,” not entirely sure what she was admitting to. “Maybe I might be able to assist you in updating your fashion this year.” It was hard to tell if that was a thinly veiled insult but knowing the Bayushi it probably, almost totally was.
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Post by Otomo Mochihime on Jan 14, 2018 5:36:50 GMT -5
An eyebrow goes up as looks down at her clothes. What's wrong with them?
"Since when is black out of fashion? Can black go out of fashion? Like, ever?"
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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 14, 2018 21:57:24 GMT -5
Chiyo chuckled to herself at the question. “It doesn’t, but if what you wore had a grade, it’d be like a C. Barely passing. Black is the fashion for those who lack the passion and imagination to embrace the higher tiers of trendy threads.”
She touched her chin thoughtfully. “If gold was in season you’d look pretty good in bright, warm colors. You look like a widow in an old gaijin film.”
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Post by Otomo Mochihime on Jan 15, 2018 4:32:21 GMT -5
A look of annoyance is readily apparent. If the young Otomo is deficient in some field it is definitely her sense of fashion, something she really utterly has no patience for. Of course the Bayushi would home in on that.
"Eh, I'll take your word for it. I have no time for that nonsense. I choose substance over style. Who cares about the packaging?"
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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 15, 2018 9:36:58 GMT -5
Chiyo shrugs, returning most of her attention to the book within a book again. "Pretty much everybody, Otomo-san. The gaijin would say--don't judge a tome by its cover. But when you browse a library, would your eye not be drawn to the most impressive or intriguing cover on the shelf?"
"Of course, I wouldn't expect you to fully understand. You only want to develop relationship with a very narrow field of people. You aren't expected to carry a network. How exhausting it is--but how rewarding it can be."
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Post by Otomo Mochihime on Jan 15, 2018 13:24:11 GMT -5
Mochihime shrugs and nods approvingly.
"You are quite right, of course. A genius such as myself will be the leader in her chosen field soon enough. People will seek me out, not the other way around. But I understand that networking can be useful for others. As such I appreciate your offer. Perhaps you are not such a lost cause after all..."
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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 15, 2018 13:32:40 GMT -5
“Pff, lucky me,” she mumbles. “By the way, is that—your lesser half showing up again this year?”
She was of course referencing her twin brother.
“It’s hard to believe the two of you are related. You’re okay, but your brother’s pretty insufferable.”
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Post by Otomo Mochihime on Jan 16, 2018 3:09:35 GMT -5
Mochihime snorts.
"Why, of course he will grace this school with his presence!" She shoots the Bayushi a sideways glance. "And while I have obviously been graced with the intellect, he is not without merit."
The young Otomo pauses, is Chiyo jealous about his marriage to worthless Wasp.
"Of course, his recent engagement is quite beyond me, a profound lapse of judgement if I ever saw one. I always imagined him matched with one like, well, you..."
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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 16, 2018 23:37:14 GMT -5
If Chiyo was in the process of eating or drinking something she would have choked on it, but she definitely turned a shade pinker and brought the book a little closer to her face.
"No offense Mochihime-san, I am flattered you find me worthy of your brother's hand, but I like men." Really? This shit happened last year too! Everyone thinks the two have some weird chemistry going on but Mochihiko is just a stuck-up brat with an ego that rivals the scale of his yacht. The two would sooner poison one another in utter frustration than hook up.
"Maybe his betrothed will make up for his bountiful shortcomings and make a man of him yet. I will respect their union and be glad to be apart from it."
She relaxes a little now. "Has he gotten better? At all?"
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Post by Otomo Mochihime on Jan 17, 2018 3:34:09 GMT -5
Mochihime gives the Bayushi a weary look. No one disses her brother but her! Ok, he might not be the paragon of modesty and have a tendency for flaunting his wealth, but it's not as he hasn't earned it!
"Much of the criticisms you level at my brother can be aimed at you too, Chiya-san. You are a year older and wiser now, are you more of a woman than you were twelve months ago? Anyway, he is trusted with an important position by our family, so that should answer your question to a great extent, unless, besides my brother, you wish to direct insults at Father too?"
The Otomo girl gets a dangerous gleam in her eye...
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