(D8, LE) Boring you about a Badger?

[Soshi Eiji]

"There's a ship in port that has tea in its hold," Izumi allows. "Enough to share with as many as five good friends, as I recall. And I'm sure it could carry at least so much dye, did some need to be relocated.

"Although it could be that that ship also has sake it might share with as many as three good friends, and silver it might share with as many as two, in addition."

Eiji considered the suggestion.

"Hmmmmm, well. I really only have four friends I was planning over for tea, and I expected them to bring me silver as well. And perhaps share sake with them as well." he mused.

"But I suppose the captain and I have different needs, ne? A ship full of dye rather than half-full means even more merchants might fill their carts and the captain's purse. Meanwhile, a warehouse filled with a bounty of tea, other flavors of sake and extra silver would surely be more pleasing to the champion's eyes. Sooooo, yes, for a friend, Kasuga-sama, I can present the offer of completely emptying your ship and replacing that which comes out with an equal amount of dye. If that is of interest to you." he offered.

[Kasuga Izumi]

"I know a clever captain who would appreciate such a thing," Izumi agrees.

"Your Champion does well to have you in her retinue, Soshi-san. So friendly a man can go far."

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To confirm, 5 tea, 3 sake, and 2 silver for 10 dye?

[Soshi Eiji]

(ooc: confirmed!)

Eiji inclined his head at that.

"And your husband, little peaked courtier cap and all, is lucky to have a wife as beautiful as she is clever. I hope that the days until you are together again fly swift as an arrow, and your days together are like a noh play: seemingly endless." he offered.

[Kasuga Izumi]

"Flattery will do much for you, Soshi-san," Izumi says. "But not so much as being a cunning man."

She smiles.

[Soshi Eiji]

"Flattery will do much for you, Soshi-san," Izumi says. "But not so much as being a cunning man."

She smiles.

Soshi offered her a broad grin.

"Ah, I am allowed to have multiple good qualities, Kasuga-sama. I can be friendly and cunning. If you'd like to throw in dashing just to round off the list, I wouldn't mind." he offered in good cheer.

[Kasuga Izumi]

Snip

Laughing, Izumi trails a finger around the rim of her cup.

"How cunning a man can you be, I wonder," she says.

[Soshi Eiji]

Snip

Laughing, Izumi trails a finger around the rim of her cup.

"How cunning a man can you be, I wonder," she says.

If Eiji's qualities included 'Smart' or 'Wise' perhaps he'd have bowed out now. Granted, he was sagacious and his memory was precise, but sometimes answers were not found in books.

"That sounds like a challenge, Kasuga-sama. As I'm sure you know, it would not be courageous to turn away from a challenge." he said, quite possibly walking headfirst into a trap.

[Kasuga Izumi]

Snap

There are books that speak of such answers, and the Tortoise know them well, Izumi not least of them.

"I have no doubt in your bravery, Soshi-san," she says, and she lays her hands on the table, leaning in.

"It is often a challenge to find a man who can stand strong. Cunning men often fare best at it."

[Soshi Eiji]

Snap

There are books that speak of such answers, and the Tortoise know them well, Izumi not least of them.

"I have no doubt in your bravery, Soshi-san," she says, and she lays her hands on the table, leaning in.

"It is often a challenge to find a man who can stand strong. Cunning men often fare best at it."

Arm Wrestling?

He might've been half-right.

[Kasuga Izumi]

Snap

"Oh? What happened to that silver tongue?" Izumi asks, almost purring.

"Maybe you're thinking of a better use for it than words?"

[Soshi Eiji]

Snap

"Oh? What happened to that silver tongue?" Izumi asks, almost purring.

"Maybe you're thinking of a better use for it than words?"

Eiji cosidered it.

"Hmm perhaps, Kasuga-sama. But most feel that while some performances are best in a public inn with a gathering of interested people......" he gestured to the ring of bodyguards and the inn as a whole.

"Most would argue that some of the best performances are in private. Unless perhaps, Kasuga-sama's sense of courage is stronger than her sense of propiety?" he teased.

[Kasuga Izumi]

Aw, snap

"Propriety, Soshi-san?" Izumi asks. "There hasn't been anything improper here. It's not like someone's holding hands or some such scandalous thing."

It is a wicked grin that graces her face.

"But if Soshi-san wants to give a private audition for his performance..."

[Soshi Eiji]

Aw, snap

"Propriety, Soshi-san?" Izumi asks. "There hasn't been anything improper here. It's not like someone's holding hands or some such scandalous thing."

It is a wicked grin that graces her face.

"But if Soshi-san wants to give a private audition for his performance..."

The two could probably talk circles around each other for hours, but eventuallly action was needed.

"....then Kasuga-sama has a ticket and knows where the venue is." he said, rising to go.

[Kasuga Izumi]

"I shall look forward to it, Soshi-san," Izumi replies.

(/scene?)

[Soshi Eiji]

/scene and thank you!