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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 10, 2018 22:25:43 GMT -5
This festering...piece...of SUB-HUMAN TRASH. He doesn't deserve these pearly whites! Chiyo wouldn't give him the self-satisfaction of ASSUMING that he was grating on her nerves!
Because he wasn't! Hah! He's talking himself into a corner and he doesn't even realize it--if it was socially acceptable she'd pin him against the lettuce and eat that dumb face of his--
NO! Bad! He's a jerk and he's totally taken.
He's a jerk, and he's happily taken. I'll happily take him against this lettu-- NO!
So despite the caustic internal monologue, the Bayushi's eyes grew narrower as her grin widened. If this little Utaku hadn't interrupted them, the fires oh--they'd be sick. The burns she had prepared. She'd incinerate him where he stood.
"Otomo-san is working on his humor lately, I see! They say the betrothed lose that sense after a few years into their marriage, though given your astounding rate of blessings I'm sure the five or six children you and yours will raise won't drain you of all your youthful effervescence."
She turns to the Unicorn, her smile once nearly antagonistic now softening. "I'm afraid Otomo-san has mislead you. Misleading a stranger, Otomo-san? Really? I do not have any children though...I am always eager to adopt young ducklings under my wing. Rokugan High is filled with pranksters like Otomo-san who would rather use First Years as a butt of a joke rather than encourage them to grow and inspire."
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Post by Utaku Hitomi on Jan 11, 2018 1:42:05 GMT -5
Utaku Hitomi blinks a few times. Before looking over at the Imperial and back to the Bayushi. "Bayushi-San are you insinuating that a member of the Imperial family would do something so dishonorable as to lie?" The Utaku glowers for a moment. "Moreover you are speaking rather aggressively towards Otomo-Sama... Though you are an older student." She closes her eyes in thought. Mizuki neighs and nudges her friends. "Oh I'm sorry Mizuki... I suppose you are right the outside world is different then I expected perhaps this is that thing that I heard friends do with one another... I apologize if I misread the situation. Otomo-Sama does Bayushi-San here have any children or is it a joke like Bayushi-San said?"
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Post by Otomo Mochihiko on Jan 11, 2018 10:08:25 GMT -5
"A joke?" The Otomo waves his hand dismissively. "Of course not, but if she says that she has no children, I believe her, of course. No honorable samurai would lie." He bows graciously to both girls. "I was terribly mislead by the rumor mill, it seems. There was no child." Mochi sports a bright smile for Chiyo's eyes only as he turns to face the girl. "Forgive me, Bayushi san. Now it is obvious to me that the pressure of... sharing experiences with so many ducklings was the reason you had gained so much weight last year. But look at you now! Back to your normal weight and everything." He motions towards the lettuces. "I bet that veggies made all the difference." The boy winks to her and turns to Hitomi once again. "She may be mean to me, but she is as sweet as a tart once you get to know her." He scratches his head. "Or this may be yet another rumor. I'm not exactly sure."
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Post by Utaku Hitomi on Jan 11, 2018 11:38:09 GMT -5
Utaku Hitomi nods her head. "No true honorable Samurai should ever invest any time into rumors." She crosses her arms and looks at Otomo Mochihiko. "Honorable Otomo-Sama surely you are not saying that you invest any actual trust in rumors do you?"
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Post by Otomo Mochihiko on Jan 11, 2018 12:00:28 GMT -5
Rumors are like spice. They must flow. But how can he explain it to the young Utaku without shattering her world?
"Imagine the following, Utaku san. You are commanding your troops in the battlefield. Wouldn't you want and need to know what is whispered among them? It's not curiosity, but a necessity if they are to have the morale to fight and win. There is nothing dishonourable in that. In fact it is your duty to do so,
for a commander needs to know any weaknesses her troops have. It goes about the same for rumors in court and I am an Otomo. I do have to keep an eye on stuff like that. "
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Post by Utaku Hitomi on Jan 11, 2018 12:34:17 GMT -5
Utaku Hitomi blushes briefly for a moment. Realizing that indeed the Otomo had a solid point. "Oh of course Otomo-Sama... That makes good sense. I apologize my parents had never really taught me in the courtly ways. So I suppose if one were to look at it like that I understand your point." She bows to the Otomo. "My apologies for any offense I have given you Otomo-Sama. I did not mean any insult by it."
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Post by Bayushi Chiyo on Jan 11, 2018 21:12:06 GMT -5
Chiyo let this go on for a while. She ALLOWED it. If she kept being so quick to defend her point it'd just make her look as if those rumors had any semblance of truth to them, which they absolutely didn't except maybe about the weight thing and piss off Mochihiko--that's a very sensitive subject!
But what a digression. Unlike this conversation, she was not about to let this Imperial draw her into a downward spiral. She kept afloat this time, letting Mochihiko give her more ammunition. It's a good thing she's at the grocery store, because she just got all the necessary ingredients for steaming hot autumn roast.
"What a peculiar analogy to use as an excuse for falling prey to such appalling rumors; when a friend's reputation is at stake, no less," Chiyo says, her smile having faded fast since she last spoke and decided to listen. "I'm hurt, Otomo-san. You have never lead me to believe that we were foes before...yet you have consumed and fed these rumors to complete strangers. And this is in my presence. I dare not imagine who else you might have told these scandalous lies to behind my back."
She looked to Hitomi, a feigned pain hidden behind a weak smile. "My apologies, Utaku-sama. I'm sure he did not mean to mar my reputation so carelessly, did you Otomo-san?" She turns to him next.
"A friend forgives," and she adds a tiny wink at that. Suck on that, Imperial snot.
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Post by Utaku Hitomi on Jan 11, 2018 21:51:57 GMT -5
She glances back at the Bayushi and blinks her eyes. She wasn't sure anymore how to handle this situation. She looked to Mizuki for advice. The horse simply neighed in response and shook her mane. "I guess you are right Mizuki." She sighs and offers a bow to the Bayushi. "I apologize Bayushi-Senpai. It's just I've never been around a lot of people and my parents always told me that a true Samurai is honorable and never tells lies and I've tried to live my whole life based on that view point. But I suppose the Otomo was merely operating off bad information and surely he meant no harm by his words.... Surely some other dishonorable person no doubt a scor..." She shuts her mouth hastily realizing that indeed BAYUSHI Chiyo was a member of the scorpion family she once again hastily bowed her head. "My apologies again Bayushi-Sama I meant no disrespect to you or your clan." She hastily turns around to hide her flushing cheeks. "Mizuki maybe we should head somewhere else before my foolishness gets me into more trouble..."
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Post by Otomo Mochihiko on Jan 12, 2018 12:12:23 GMT -5
Mochihiko smirks. "Never fear a person who says anything in your presence, Bayushi san, because you know that he is a real friend. Those that would have no qualms to tarnish your reputation would speak behind your back, something that I have never done except for a complete different reason. To praise your numerous accomplishments to friends and enemies alike." He bows, certain by now for his victory.
But the young Utaku needs some saving and it is time to prove himself as a benevolent third year student. "Don't go, Utaku san. You asked for something that you were not provided with. Why don't we change the subject of the conversation entirely. Our young friend over here asked for some assistance, Bayushi san. Why don't we offer it?" He asks Chiyo.
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Post by Utaku Hitomi on Jan 12, 2018 12:50:59 GMT -5
She pauses mid-step. Looking up to Mizuki as though for guidance. Mizuki for her part simply shakes out her mane and turns to face the Otomo. Though the horse did seemingly throw a warning look towards the Otomo. Utaku Hitomi hangs her head in thought. "Well I suppose if Mizuki is okay with it. Yes I did need some help in purchasing supplies... I mean I know my house has plenty of supplies and this is all very pointless... I just kinda wanted to do something normal I guess..." She lowers her shoulders before taking a deep breathe needing to remember to keep her ON at all times. "If two would be so kind to tell me how I can tell the difference between these products. Which is better and which is worst?"
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