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Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:25 pm

Water kettle on the fire, dried rations of different types –– including fish soup from yesterday –– and, fortunately, a good portion left of the quality Seppun tea are set in order for a guest of the Stag.

Kinsen whistles happily while the weather outside gets each heartbeat heavier than usual. Three cups would do, in case Hantei's impromptu migraine soothed a bit, and he felt better to join.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:49 pm

Umeno had meant to wear a kimono. She only had the one, and had packed it away quite deeply in her pack, not believing she'd need it. Still, Kinsen HAD said it was fine, and something about these ruins... She ended up wearing her armor as she approached the tent. To say the Scorpion was a tad nervous would be correct. She wasn't normally the nervous sort at all, and usually even the most harrowing of times had her calm and poised.

This, however, was different.

Umemo gave a scratch at one of the tent posts by the entrance, making more certain that her hair was done up neatly than she ever had before.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:16 pm

Hearing the noise, Kinsen rises up to greet her guest and opens the tent's curtain at the main entrance.

She smiles, taking a moment to appreciate Umeno's care. Then, Kinsen brings her jade pendant to her lips, and produces a proper bow. Immediately after, she takes her jade pendant from her neck, puts it on top of a warm and moist white towel she was holding, and with both hands offers it. "Good morning, Umeno-chan. Please, if you don't mind, use the jade on your skin and cleanse your hands with the towel so I can you something to fill up for the day."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:22 pm

The Scorpion girl had decided to put her own jade on a string around her neck so it was always against her skin, but she wasn't about to say no. She gave a slightly awkward bow first before taking the jade off the towel and kissing it with a slight flush. She then took the towel and rubbed her hands with it.

"Thank you, Kinsen-sama," she said a touch shyly. Umeno didn't quite like sounding shy, but she couldn't help it. Seeing Kinsen in a fine kimono was quite inspiring to her heart.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:35 pm

Kinsen waited until she would handle the pendant and the towel back, and then would enter the tent. Once inside she waves her hand to show where Umeno could sit, and kneels in seiza at a place in front of the hearth giving her profile side look to the Scorpion girl, so she could observe what she would be doing.

Soup ready on a bowl, Kinsen offers it to Umeno, along with some dried vegetables, mentioning humbly, "I hope you find it edible."

After that, the Stag starts to prepare items for a cup of tea.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:42 pm

Umeno took the soup and vegetables carefully with a quiet, "Arigato," as she set them down in front of her. She started with the vegetables, though she only lifted the first bite up before pausing as she watched Kinsen as she started on the tea.

"Ano... I don't want to start if you are eating as well." She set the daikon back down carefully and folded her hands into her lap, smiling a bit sheepishly.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:47 pm

Kinsen shakes her head, and looks at Umeno with a smile. "Please, do start. I take pleasure and feel fulfilled in serving you as my guest, Umeno-chan. Don't worry about me, I've had something to nibble earlier on. I'll drink the tea with you once you're satisfied eating."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:47 pm

Kinsen shakes her head, and looks at Umeno with a smile. "Please, do start. I take pleasure and feel fulfilled in serving you as my guest, Umeno-chan. Don't worry about me, I've had something to nibble earlier on. I'll drink the tea with you once you're satisfied eating."

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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:59 pm

Umeno gave a small nod and took that first bite. The preparation was simple, but that didn't make it any less good. If anything, the simplicity seemed all the better for it, Umeno being a woman of simple tastes, or so she always said. The girl wanted to comment on the meal as she took a sip of the soup, but it was easy to tell that Kinsen was concentrating on the tea preparation, so she merely smiled to show she was enjoying the food and remained silent.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:55 pm

The Stag keep on treating all the process with grace and a lot of care. Each utensil properly washed and cleansed after use. Occasionally, Kinsen takes a glance to watch Umeno eat that gradually grows a smile on her cheeks.

The silence adds a layer of serenity, as the bites, sips, clacks, taps and rubs compose a good a natural and simple unheard symphony.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:18 pm

It most certainly helped that Umeno wasn't usually much the talking sort. She was a woman of thoughtful silence and introspection, and eating her meal and watching and listening to Kinsen was more than fine with her.

Umeno wasn't much of a tea drinker, and when she was, it was the most simple of ways. Thus, this whole ceremony was a bit new to her, and while she normally wouldn't have cared, she watched Kinsen's every move and gesture. The older woman made it look so graceful...
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:41 pm

With the ritual finished, Kinsen slides to face Umeno and finally takes the tea cup to enjoy with her. "Fresh, warm tea in the morning is always a blessing, no?"
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:48 pm

Umeno seemed to relax at that a bit, and gave a friendly chuckle as she took her own cup. "I'm not usually much of a tea drinker, even in the morning. Not very good at preparing it though, so I'll have to see..."

Taking a sip from her cup, it certainly tasted like tea. It was different from normal however. Perhaps something in the preparation? Or perhaps it was something else. Regardless, she gave a bit of a smile. "Mmm, though, if this is how it always is, I could most certainly see it becoming a habit..."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:44 am

"This is how Doji-kami-sama taught me how to serve tea. It was, in fact, the first meal I had after being held hostage by the Kami. She was so grateful, patient and caring to me, I ought to share it with others that show me the same level of courtesy." Kinsen nods, and explains further, "It really does balance me out. Once a barbarian, now civilized. I use the heat I have to warm up, provide sustenance and flavor. It is a good wayward of thinking, I guess. As simple as it is."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:38 am

Umeno gave a small nod, but the words weren't that simple for her. Taking another small sip, her brow furrowed a bit. She was silent for a long moment before she spoke up softly, looking into her cup. "Do you think you were a bad person before, that you're a better person now? Do you think all this makes you good? I'm... not saying I don't think there isn't something to it all, all this poise and ceremony and all, but..."

She trailed off with a sigh. Her food had mostly been picked at, but now it sat a bit forgotten. The Scorpion finally shook her head, disappointment in her tone, still looking into the tea. "No, this is about me, not you. I'm the one that's still a barbarian. I couldn't make tea to save my life, I don't know how to wear a kimono well, don't know art from trash, I...I..." Umeno trailed off again, and it seemed she'd become self conscious. She'd been invited for a nice tea, and she was already ruining it.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:44 am

Kinsen touches Umeno's knee and squeezes gently, trying to fetch back her eyes out of that misery. "Lesson number one from Dear Husband. Never regret. That is a sin. Your past made you be here today and you learned with it so far. Face every new moment as an opportunity to learn and be the best version of yourself. Do so to be useful to others. I confess I felt in a similar fashion, and still do. I can't paint like Togashi Saruko-sama, or sing. So, I serve others with whatever duty I can. Specially my family."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:59 am

Umeno did look up, and shook her head firmly, her hair tail swishing back and forth. "No, I don't regret. That's just it Kinsen-sama. That past self is still my present self as well. If there's any regret, it's that I like myself how I am. I like fighting, I like simple meals, simple clothes, simple words. It's only when I see someone like me that can still be strong and beautiful and also be well learned and cultured that I feel like maybe... maybe who I am, who I've always been, is worth regretting."

She reached out to take the soup and took a sip and a deep sigh. A faint smile touched her lips. "Maybe it's all I'll ever be in service to my lord, a brute that fights until the end on his orders. Is... that so bad?"
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:08 am

Kinsen presses her lips for a moment. "Isn't that a tad selfish? To become only what we would like to be. Comfortable enough in our own ways. Instead of making sure we are learning things to make both our lives and that of others more pleasurable and safe?"

She shrugs a bit. "I've been a warrior for a long time. I can't deny I take pleasure in battle, I do. But, that is done to reach peace. All battles have a great cost that the winning side often forgets to see. The lives taken from the other side are a heavy burden for those that remain. Better to be dutiful in life than have to kill for duty."
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Bayushi Umeno » Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:22 am

"It isn't that I want to kill, I DO enjoy peace as well." Umeno shrugged softly. "There's always someone that needs to be dealt with in battle however. I don't mean war, but the lands will always have bandits, and murderers, and whatever the creature's we'll end up facing are. Even when they aren't right in front of you, there are always those that need guards and escorts just in case."

"If all that wasn't enough, and Bayushi wished more of me... I would certainly try. It's not like I don't believe I can't improve myself in different ways. But why can't the training I have, the skills I've honed, but good enough? Why do I need to change myself instead of merely making who I am of better service?" Her voice was more certain now, but still have a tinge of uncertain sadness as she looked to Kinsen. It was as if the older woman's words hurt her gently.
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Re: Warm Cup (D11, LM)

Post by Hantei Kinsen » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:09 am

Kinsen smiles at her fiery response, and replies. "If you burn too fast the heat won't cover for the whole night. My father used to say that when I would get too stubborn about something. Make no mistake, I am a warrior and will always stand up to defend my family first. Yet, warriors cannot be at war forever like you said. Is one is a bodybuilder guard, like you mentioned, they should be able to excel in politeness, and know how to notice things with keen eyes –– that differs from being 'just' a warrior. To hunt down a bandit, or murderer, one must be sharp enough to check trails, but also kind to the people of the villages they cross."

She sips, and sighs. "There's always a balance. That's what I'm trying to say. You gotta find yours, if you haven't yet."
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