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 Post subject: The Way I Feel (Day 11 Late Evening)
PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:50 pm 
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It was getting late, the drills Yasuhiro had put his crew through had lasted most of the day. He was tired, though not physically so, mentally weary was probably a better term.

Still he had no wish to go towards the gaijin city where he had been staying of late, and perhaps he'd stay this night on his ship. Being on it felt one step closer to home, and really that's where he wanted to be right now.

Adapting? What did that mean for the Lion clan? Yasuhiro had said he would find a path forward, one that the Lion could take, after all the one the Explorers were on was unacceptable. But how? He sighed softly. He would need to start from the beginning with Akodo-no-kami's wprds.



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 Post subject: Re: The Way I Feel (Day 11 Late Evening)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:11 pm 
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Finding a spot on the beach with a clear view of the ocean, the young Lion took a seat, his eyes turned in what he believed to be the direction of his home. Taking a deep steady breath his lips began to move at he murmured a prayer to Bishamon, The Fortune of strength was unlikely to be able to answer his questions, but hopefully he would grant him the strength to make what decisions Yasu made possible.

Closing his eyes he slowed his breathing, trying to calm his mind as he began to think over what he knew of the history of his country, of Akodo-no-kami, and the last few years. It was easy to see that the ways of Bushido were being pushed aside, that the more things progressed the more of it was lost. Asahina Yajinden nearly said as much himself, that it was one of the things to be sacrificed in the name of progress. That made Adoko Ikuo-dono's decisions at the end of the Lion peace talks even more concerning. Hantei Jama had presided over those after all, perhaps he had convinced his Daimyo to spurn Akodo's will and allow the Tao opened in Lion Dojo's? It made sense, at least to a degree.

If that were true, it meant the code he followed, the code penned by Akodo-no-kami was perhaps in more danger then he thought, because if the Lion were stray from the path it would be lost forever. What would that mean for the future? When a Emporer wished for the destruction of the very code that tied you loyally to him? At the very least it meant his clan could not support Hantei Jama.

What of the other scion though? Hohiro, could they follow him? Duty said they should, he was the true heir of Rokugan. The first son of the Veiled Emperor, and it was he who should ascend the Throne? Should they support him though? Something in his heart said no. Hohiro might cling more to Bushido on the surface, but his failure in it was clear as day. Much like his brother Hohiro failed in his duty, so obvious in his favoritism of the crane, that he forgot to remain true of the rest of his vassals. In doing so,he endangered the empire, in the same way Jama did by not stepping aside.

If the Lion could support neither candidate for the throne though, who could they support? Another descendant of the line of Hantei perhaps? Or should they face the facts, starting from Hantei Retsuhime, and her failure to produce a heir with her husband, the Hantei had failed his Clan. They called on them in times of need, but over all treated them with disdain. That the Hantei had broken the trust of Servant and Master, and it had become the time for the line of Akodo to find another to serve?



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 Post subject: Re: The Way I Feel (Day 11 Late Evening)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:01 pm 
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Who to serve though, if not the Hantei. The other great clans were out of the question, most of them were already on the path to abandon Bushido, much like the Hantei were. Could they find someone new to serve in the empire? Someone who deserved their loyalty?

Perhaps not, the young Lion admitted to himself. There were none that he at least had heard of. Where then? Outside the Empire? Should they leave their Cradle behind and set forth like the Kirin had once done? Would tgey be able to survive in the world their heart unchanged as they sought a new master. Perhaps so, they were not the Kirin after all.

Was that the correct path though, and if so could he convince his clan? Some would argue that is the Hantei had failed them, they should claim the throne for themselves. That was a doomed proposition though, not without support from the other clans.

Reaching up a hand he massaged his temples. He didn't know enough for this mind of decision. He was too distant from the people here to be included in their secret dealings, and unless the wind whispered them in his ears he'd never know them. To act without sufficient information was dangerous.



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 Post subject: Re: The Way I Feel (Day 11 Late Evening)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:08 pm 
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Perhaps he should put aside the big decisions, at least for the moment. There were more immediate ones that needed to be made. The first was the Imperial explorers, they needed to withdraw their support for this. Bushido was not something honored here, and if the Lion were to follow Akodo-no-kami, then they had no place here.

Next were the Kitsu, who had long stood punished for their corruption. That could stand no longer, they needed to be brought back into the fold. They were a progressive family now, and while their tendacines woukd need to be reined in, they would be needed in the coming years. Which required a change in how his clan looked at them, and treated them.

What about the legions then? The other Imperial positions? They would need to hold them, at least for the moment, but having less Lion soldiers fill the ranks of the Legion, might be a wise idea. It would consolidate the clan, and show that the Lion supported neither man aiming for the Throne.

Then there was the Lands of the Kirin, in partaking in the pilgrimage of the lost daughter, Jama had told them all that he believed the Unicorn to be the descendants of Shinjo. It was simple to put together what would happen in the future. The Unicorn would return, and look to claim their former lands. His clan could fight for them, but the wiser choice would be to prepare to fmabandon them, and to take everything of use they could.

Next was gaijin pepper, Yasuhiro still didn't like the idea of it, but they would need to start using it. To invite in skilled engineers, and send men and women to study in the colleges on how to make it. If you replaced every ashigaru spearman with a ashigaru teppodakka, there was no question who would win if the forces were to meet in battle.



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 Post subject: Re: The Way I Feel (Day 11 Late Evening)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:20 pm 
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Was that the way forward then? To return to the past, to look over the words of Akodo and reaffirm them to themselves? If he was honest to himself, they had made mistakes of their own in the last few decades. Pushed too hard, perhaps abused their authority, they had in a way pushed aside compassion, and sought other virtues to embody.

Yes, they would need to reaffirm themselves, to close the tao in their dojo's once again. It wasnt their path, and they had strayed. Perhaps they couldn't support either of the two heirs. Perhaps they would need to find a new master, but first they needed to put themselves back on the right path. The path of the warrior.

They would accept these new weapons, they would make them their own, they would create new tactics, new formations, add dozens of pages to Leadership. Finally they would follow bushido, and only a Master that respected thst.



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