Many Meetings, But Hopefully Useful Ones

 
Today is a day of many meetings at Castle Nettobuku. We are attempting to use more of the techniques of the Flowing Motion school in our strategy, and we have just had a session in which Commander Kobushi, Jīya, and the Sōtō Zen priestess Airi explained to us how to carry out some of the Flowing Motion techniques — from individual kata up to broad strategies. (Airi previously worked with a clan that used the Flowing Motion school to great effect, so she has useful experience with it.)

Also, today we are starting our Hitotsu Nanako campaign. In some ways, this is a bit of a disappointment for us, as we were hoping to move on to the Futatsu Ikkō region after taking Hitotsu Rokko (our most recent sortie). Sadly, there is still resistance, and our victory is nowhere near complete. The Ayamari-gumi still confound our efforts. (Indeed, we have some hopes that the new Flowing Motion techniques will help us to defeat the Ayamari, and to be more effective in general.)