[D8 LM, open] Tea in Town

[Doji Shinnosuke]

Feeling uneasy after his early morning discussion with Hoshiko and Kitsu Shintaro, Shinnosuke decides to seek some pleasant distraction in the marketplace. He hasn't had a chance to visit the castle town's most acclaimed teahouse yet--why not today?

On arrival, he makes some small talk about the upcoming sumo matches with the staff and other patrons while waiting for a table by the window to be ready. Then he seats himself with a contented sigh on a cushioned seat with a view of the river, inspecting the tea service with a moderately approving eye. Not too bad, for a commercial teahouse in Lion lands. Little does he know he'll be picking up fragments of a much finer set from the floor in an hour or two...

((Open for company. One other person can regain a Void Point from Shin's tea ceremony in this scene.))

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D8 LM--Asking around about Sekiwake Yogo Natsuo (“Raiden”), of Ryoko Owari Toshi. Courtier/Awa, Prodigy | 8k4 ⇒ 31 (TN: 15)
Plopping this here as occurring later in this scene:
D8 morning--Tea Ceremony so I'm not cheating later! | 5k3 ⇒ 24 (TN: 15)