After a rather tense court, the various people of the court often moved to the banquet hall (at least those who didn't have other pressing deals to attend to. Eiji was looking for more than just food though. He was on the look out for someones whose appetite for knowledge rivaled their appetite for food. He scanned about looking for Tamagaki.

Tamagaki is massive, and the addition of a tiny pair of spectacles on the end of her nose as she reads a scroll while eating creates a slightly comical effect.

Eiji grabbed some food, and took it, along with a scroll from the Scorpion house.

"My pardon, is this seat taken?" he asks the sumai.

(12 vs 20, Fail.