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I have spent enough time writing scrolls describing my latest set of kata. Unlike most modern fighting styles, these forms use the bō staff, and are designed for yamabushi to more easily defend territory against spies sent by bandits to test their borders.
I am now doing some scouting of my own, observing on behalf of Clan Seiinsatsuki. They are one of the small families of the town of Kotobasatsuki, but they also have ties in Seinikki town. Personally, I would love to see them expand their operations to Yumehaba, where I have been becoming more active... and perhaps some of the other, similar villages near Azuchi. Many people go to these villages to meet and mingle. If the clan could make it easier for me to travel back and forth between Yumehaba and Kotobasatsuki, it would make my own life better.
The Seiinsatsuki cannot afford to pay me — indeed, they don't even know that I am helping them at all. But I suspect I can find the man responsible for keeping them bottled up in Seinikki, unable to expand to the other villages. If I do, I can remove him. And I suspect that people may speak of it in Yagyū, where heralds come to find warriors for their lords. If so, that will be my payment.
It's tempting to just get this done quickly, as a non-paying job. But I should do it right. With a poisoned blade.
I am now doing some scouting of my own, observing on behalf of Clan Seiinsatsuki. They are one of the small families of the town of Kotobasatsuki, but they also have ties in Seinikki town. Personally, I would love to see them expand their operations to Yumehaba, where I have been becoming more active... and perhaps some of the other, similar villages near Azuchi. Many people go to these villages to meet and mingle. If the clan could make it easier for me to travel back and forth between Yumehaba and Kotobasatsuki, it would make my own life better.
The Seiinsatsuki cannot afford to pay me — indeed, they don't even know that I am helping them at all. But I suspect I can find the man responsible for keeping them bottled up in Seinikki, unable to expand to the other villages. If I do, I can remove him. And I suspect that people may speak of it in Yagyū, where heralds come to find warriors for their lords. If so, that will be my payment.
It's tempting to just get this done quickly, as a non-paying job. But I should do it right. With a poisoned blade.
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