Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 2, 2011 20:34:05 GMT -5
"It is clear what your desires are. And it was, as it always is, a pleasure to see you as well, My lady. You need your sleep, to recover from the ordeal of childbirth."
It should be obvious to Haruka what Yun meant by those words. Yun stood and followed her to the door. He opened the screen for her as she slipped through it.
He made sure that he had her attention with his back fully turned to Nori in an attempt to hide his next gesture from the Shosuro. He pointed up to his face and mouthed, without making a sound: "How long will she be here? How long will we be apart? Can I kiss you?"
Haruka could see that the look on his face was a small sadness at her having to go so soon. He, of course, understood her needs, with having a newly born son, but, it was his first time seeing her in the real world and he wanted more.
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Bayushi Haruka
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 2, 2011 21:20:59 GMT -5
"It is not time yet Yun. But I will see you tomorrow, hopefully for longer as my strength returns. Good night, Yun."
She bowed a little and disappeared down the hall and down the stairs. Haruka seemed to bar most of her emotions for the moment, but the pressure of being possibly seen was an obvious trouble for him to understand.
Nori still shuffled quietly in the background, breaking the awkward lingering silence after Haruka's departure. She stood there, rubbing the back of her head a bit as she sighed.
"So... uh... well. No hard feelings... right Zeure-san?"
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 2, 2011 21:56:40 GMT -5
His entire body rotated, as he had been looking after Haruka until she was completely out of sight and he shut the screen as he turned. He leveled his gaze at her and she could see on his face that he had no anger to display.
"No, Nori-san. I can't blame you for protecting her. After all, that is one of the reason's that I came to her. But please, wait a moment before you strike next time. If there was one person on this whole world that I do not intend to harm, it is Ha...her."
He had lost his senses, he knew he should not have been acting the way he had been. Secrecy is what must be maintained, but he had been stunned by her sudden arrival and all courtly graces had left him.
"There is one more thing that I require, that I will not find here in the cabinets, Nori-san. And if you don't want to acquire it, I will understand, but it will be more discreet if you do it for me."
He pulled out a small sake bottle. The size that you serve to an individual at a table to accompany dinner. He set it down on the counter.
"I need blood. Fresh blood. It doesn't have to be human, but I need about this much *as he gestured at the bottle* a week. Another thing that I am trying to get resolved while I am here is a curse that I'm under. Currently, I have to ingest blood. I need it as surely as a person needs food. If you do not trust my words that I intend no blood magic with it, you can watch me drink it. But I have to do so."
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Bayushi Haruka
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 2, 2011 22:44:27 GMT -5
Nori seemed briefly petrified but her expression relaxed as the information went through her mind. Her voice dipped to a nearly undetectable level.
"My lady indicated that this might be the case... She also gave me very specific instruction.."
She seemed a little anxious but regardless she was an obedient woman. Nori reached over to the sake bottle and ensured its contents were emptied, out the window with a flick of the wrist as necessary.
She took to kneeling at the table as she took out one of her kunai again, as if it was a practiced ritual. It seemed an order was given, and the Shosuro would not falter. She put the bottle on the table before her and with a steady slicing motion, the skin of her palm parted to reveal fresh red vibrant blood.
She would not cringe, nor would she whimper or show a single moment of weakness. Slowly but surely the bottle would fill as she put pressure on her arm to keep the blood flowing, the flow of it following her fingers and falling into the bottle carefully. But as she completed the task she found herself gasping for air as she ripped a cloth and wrapped up her damaged hand somewhat, collapsing in a slump against the wooden support beam behind her. Her face down turned, the deed was done for him. The words barely filtered past her lips as her fingers still retained their bloodstained state.
"...I... hope that is what you... wanted....... Zeure....san...."
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 2, 2011 23:21:25 GMT -5
He moved over to her and stood above her. His facial expression was indeterminant. He reached into the sleeve of his robe and Nori could see there was something stiff in there, about the length of a knife.
"It's not so much about wants, Nori-san."
His voice was flat and emotionless, and he smiled at her. From the angle that she was sitting, the smile looked...malevolent.
"I wish I had known that it was yours I would be drinking."
Her vision blurred a little bit as he pulled out the thing he had grasped from his sleeve.
"I would have been better prepared to take care of the wound."
The thing that he withdrew was a small scroll. He pulled it out and whispered a short prayer and the blood left on her fingers was pulled back up into her wound and it sealed; her diminished health had returned. He had just cast Path to Inner Peace upon her. Healing the damage that she had endured.
"Truly, I thank you for this."
He clasped his hands together in the traditional prayer of thanks for the food and he drank the bottle all the way down.
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 2, 2011 23:35:24 GMT -5
Nori watched him carefully, part of her hated herself for having to do this, being drained like a common beast for his meal. She looked at the now healed wound, not knowing what exactly he had done to her, but not questioning it for now. She had done her part and felt her strength steadily returning after she was healed. It would take a little longer for the blood to fully replace itself, but she was visibly better for his attention.
"My lady thought it would be... most discreet. Though Haruka considered perhaps at a later time when she was stronger she would provide different blood for you to indulge in... if it mattered."
The Shosuro woman tried to straighten herself at least instead of looking like she collapsed there. She didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, unless of course the ronin demanded it.
Otherwise her appearance seemed unmarred, but Nori would just simply watch him and say nothing, her emotions seemed to be drained out of her along with any sense of fighting him at this point. She seemed largely more relaxed now that Haruka had departed as well.
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 2, 2011 23:56:45 GMT -5
"Well, Nori-san.... I'm sorry to eat and run, so to speak, but I am really tired and the food has only exacerbated this. I feel that I must turn in and get some sleep. Again, just for clarification, are you going to be staying here while I sleep?"
He had already moved towards the bedroom, and as he spoke he stretched out his arms in a stretch, which made the loose fabric of his top slip open to reveal his toned chest.
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 3, 2011 0:04:35 GMT -5
Nori seemed to rub her head as if the statement hadn't become obvious enough.
"Would you like me to stay, Zeure-san?"
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Post by Zeure on Dec 3, 2011 0:28:27 GMT -5
"I'm ambivalent, Nori-san. I just need to know so that when I come out of that room *he pointed at the open bedroom door*, if I need to have my robe on or not. It would be impolite for me to not be wearing clothes in the presence of a woman who is not mine."
He shifted his feet. Clearly this was a topic he was comfortable discussing. He yawned again.
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 3, 2011 0:32:57 GMT -5
She shrugged with a bit of a huff, making no motion to pick herself up off the wall. Nori cracking a smirk and relighting her pipe.
"I could lie and say I'm staying just to force you to wear your robes no matter what. I suppose you'll have to take your chances."
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Post by Zeure on Dec 3, 2011 0:55:01 GMT -5
"I suppose I shall."
The smile on his face was equally playful. He strode off into the bedroom, pulling his top off completely before shutting the screen.
He reached into his bag and pulled out something that had to be a stand, as he placed his daisho upon it. Then, there was a flurry of movement as he finished undressing. He pulled his hair down and shook it wildly. He stretched twice more, once on his arms and once on his legs; and then he pulled back the covers on the futon. He reached into his sack and pulled out something that Nori would not be able to make out from her side of the screen. He placed it at the head of his futon.
He crawled into the futon and it wouldn't be long before his breathing became the gentle sounds of sleep.
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 3, 2011 8:31:23 GMT -5
For now, instead of performing some sinister act or spying on the man, Nori gently moved around the abode and cleaned up everything that was out of place to keep it in immaculate condition. She understood the state he might be in as Haruka had equipped Nori with all the information she needed to help her tend to this strange soul.
Quietly she would remove the cloth that bound her former wound, flexing her hand to see that it was entirely healed much to her amazement. The Scorpion clan had built a fairly sound sinister perspective of anyone carrying the taint, but Haruka had never let it cloud her perspective. Even she briefly wondered if perhaps her mistress was correct in this line of thinking.
That thinking pushed aside though, her mind drifted onto her condition. The honor of seeing her newborn son so soon was an unheard of honor, and she was likely being tended to in the geisha house below. She took the cushion her lady had sat on and gently held it to her chest, smelling it in passing as she used it as a comfort against the wall. Haruka must have been insane to have traveled so soon, her whole body in disarray like that and her strength completely sapped. Nori's gaze traveled to Zeure's resting silhouette.
What is it about you that drives her to act this way... to push herself in such dangerous positions. Don't you see that you weaken her this way...
It's almost as if she loves..
No. Not my lady. Not my dear Haruka... ...but if he touches her again... I will never let him forget who is closer to her heart!
...oh my lady Haruka.
Nori shook her head, taking in the simple pleasure of enjoying the cushion that Haruka once rested upon as she put her back to the heavy beam once again. Her head tilted gently down as her eyes glazed over, and the Shosuro went into a meditative trance like state to rest, leaving her eyes open and her awareness in tact but on the fringe of her senses.
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 4, 2011 6:36:21 GMT -5
And the night passed uneventfully.
The next morning, Yun awoke as the sun rose on the horizon. The extended period of his sleep was due to the amount of time he had not sleeped. But he awoke feeling refreshed. He rubbed the sides of his head which only furthered the unsightly manner in which his hair was laying. He stretched out his arms, and then his legs and groaned a tiny bit from the pleasure of it.
He stood and walked over to the wash basin. He poured a little water from a nearby jug into it and splashed his face a few times to clear the sleep from it. And he used to rest of it to wash up and then pull his hair under control. He tied it back into the loose top knot that was his usual style. He spent a thought thinking on the subtle manipulations of perception that he had worked into his appearence.
He walked over to the screen that seperated his room from the main area and slid it open, just wide enough that he could poke his head out and look around to see if Nori was still present.
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Dec 4, 2011 14:13:52 GMT -5
In the most peculiar fashion, it seemed Nori had found the time to change her outfit out of something so catering to the shinobi image and into something more casual like a simple kimono. The woman still had her silk mask, but her light red kimono was vibrant and trimmed with a black accent. She looked up from her hunched over position in the kitchen area, as it seemed she was already working on preparing the first meal of the day for him. It smelled like eggs and rice with a bit of spices for flavoring.
"Ohaiyo gozaimasu Zeure-san." Bowing pleasantly and politely to him.
Her hair was quite short without the hood of her other outfit to cover it, the color something of a deep brown to a near black.
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Dec 5, 2011 0:17:01 GMT -5
"Ohaiyo, Nori-san."
He closed the screen door again.
"What are you cooking? It smells fantastic."
He reached into his sack and pulled forth his black and white robe. Yeah, I'm not going anywhere today. And it doesn't have any mons on it. Scorpion wear black often, right?. He pulled the pants of it on and secured the strapping. Then pulled the top over his upper body and then tied the sash around the waist.
He opened the screen door all the way and walked out to sit down at the table. He spent a moment taking in her full appearence and noting the things he had mistaken about her. And he sat patiently waiting for her to finish the breakfast.
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