"Excellent!"

Himari turns to bow himself out of the dojo.

"Until then, be well, Hiruma-san."

"I hope so," Himari says. "You look like you could stand to loosen up."

He gives a short bow. "Do let me know how discussion with your people goes, won't you?"

"Long as you don't overdo it, yeah," Himari agrees.

"I hear good things about the Old Man's Stump, for that," he adds. "I'd imagine the Tortoise and Mantis boats have a lot to offer, too."

"The practice itself's a help," Himari says. "A drink after's not a bad thing, though." He grins. "My sempai used to recommend soaking bruises in sake," he adds. "I remember, when I was much younger, asking how a bath in booze would help. He looked at me, shook his head, and said 'It's from the insi...

Himari's leg, more like the trunk of a tree than the limb of a man, catches both of Daichi's, and once again, he finds himself on the ground. Himari rolls through the throw, regains his feet, turns and bows. "Honestly," he says, "I'm glad to have someone to play with. Most here have taken one look a...

This time, Himari does not rush in, but slides in more carefully, thinking the Hiruma will be wiser to his tactics this time. It makes him more hesitant, but he still slaps meaty hands on the Hiruma, moving in for what looks like a throw some might call osotogari. ~~~~~ Attack roll to initiate grapp...

"Great!" Himari says. "Until then..."

(feels like /scene)

Himari completes the throw, leaving Daichi on his back, and he dances back away from the man, giving him space to rise.

~~~~~
Skirmish continues.
Himari is in Attack Stance
ATN remains 25

With a speed astonishing in a man of his size, Himari rushes forward, meaty hands falling easily into a grip on Daichi's clothes--lapel and belt--bringing him in close and beginning to load him up for an easy hip-toss. ~~~~~ Attack roll to initiate grapple succeeds at 65, https://sakkaku.org/r/17274...

"I'll look forward to the confirmation," Himari replies. "I know you've got to have it."

"Fair enough," Himari says, giving a short bow to his practice partner--not an enemy.

"Best of three throws?" he asks as he adopts his own stance.

~~~~~
Initiative 37, https://sakkaku.org/r/17243
ATN 25 (unarmored)

"We could send as much iron as you do rice," Himari says, "and place maybe that many students in each others' Schools?"

"We are a small Clan," Himari replies. "I doubt more than five a year, and I'd honestly be surprised at so many. One Hida and possibly one Kuni, depending."

Cracking the knuckles on his mighty hands, he asks "Sound okay to you?"

Working downward to roll his knees and ankles, Himari replies "The Hida are the obvious choice, of course. There are few enough of the Badger who display skill with the kami, however, that the Kuni might well be the least imposition."

"It might be good to talk to the Crane," Himari replies, now rolling his hips in wide circles.

"But for student exchanges, the Ichiro Bushi would be happy to host a couple of Crab students. We've only got the one School, though."

Himari moves his limbering downward, switching from arm-swings to torso-rotations. Among them, he continues talking. "For goods," he says, "we could still use some tea, [3 units] worth. It's hard to do research into chado without the supply, after all, and we're a bit chilly for it to grow really we...

"Well, I'm informed that the Scorpion have some surplus production, particularly agriculturally, and the Badger mountains aren't the most fertile fields," Himari says. "But I also know that our mines have done some good this year, and I think the Scorpion might have some use for what they yield. "An...

"I get it in when I can, Hiruma-san," Himari says. "The days have been uncommonly busy--as have the nights, anymore, and not in the ways that would be fun." He chuckles. "At least not for me. Some others..." He trails off, shrugging. "Anyway, what all'd you want to talk about?" He rolls his huge sho...

It is no great challenge to find Himari, even dressed in his dogi, as he towers over others in the room.

He raises a hand. "Hiruma-san!" he says, all joviality. "I'm glad you could make it!"

"It is a good rendition of the tale," Himari says. "I will tell it to my children in time.

"Now, what brings you to me today, my friend?"