<div class="floatleft">(http://img01.deviantart.net/176c/i/2013/036/7/f/l5r__yoritomo_harumi_by_anthonyfoti-d5txnt4.jpg)<br/><div align="center">Agasha Hana</div></div><br/><strong>At the Welcome Feast</strong><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261674.msg13042854#msg13042854">Quote from: evilnerf on 13-03-2017, 02:59:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div align="center"><strong>Kitsune Mio</strong></div>... She bowed before Kitsune Mara, "Greetings, Kitsune-sama." She said, "I do not believe we have met."  She turns and gives a polite nod to Agasha Hana. "Nor we.  I am Kitsune Mio, of the Fox clan."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Hana smiled at greeted Kitsune Mio as well, as she too approached Kitsune Mara. "I believe you're right but it's a pleasure to meet you now. Both of you," she said, bowing kindly to the ladies.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261674.msg13045288#msg13045288">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 14-03-2017, 03:32:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div align="center"><strong>Kitsune Mara</strong></div>(Addressing Agasha-san) "I am pleased to meet you as well , Agasha-san." the elderly Kitsune replied. "I would hope that the bride and groom are happier than I, but certainly we may speak. You must have come a long way, hmm? And not with Mirumoto-san, unless I miss my guess?"<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>(Addressing Kitsune-san) The elderly Kitsune turned slightly to include the younger in the conversation, bowing politely in greeting. "And I am Kitsune Mara. No, I do not believe we have met, but then there are many here who are meeting tonight for the first time." Her eyes moved to the bride and groom before returning to the younger samurai-ko. "Have you ever attended such a wedding as this before?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"That's a good point," she said to Kitsune Mara, realising that perhaps she should've spoken more highly of the couple's supposed happiness. She let the question of their happiness fall by the wayside for a moment and answered the older Kitsune's latter question. "I did. I travelled from Agasha lands. No, not with Mirumoto-san. He must've taken a different route." She quietened after that to allow Kitsune Moi chance to speak more.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>In the Ikeda Family Garden</strong><br/><br/>The fresh air and colourful lanterns leant the night a different atmosphere, which seemed more open to deeper conversations and heartfelt musings than the more formal socialising at the welcome feast. Hana wasn't sure precisely what she'd been expecting, but Ikeda Tanekasama's speech seemed a warm and welcoming one. Many guests here had traveled a long way, at least some like herself at their family's urging, and this seem to put a more enjoyable spin on the evening for her.<br/><br/>For the moment Agasha-san listened, curious to see who would speak first. She was genuinely-surprised to see the young bride suggest stories about ghosts. She wondered if this was a subject that particularly interested Otomo Hisayo, and thought that perhaps if it didn't, she wouldn't have spoken of it. It brought to mind the house she'd heard the market seller speaking of in town, but she didn't yet ask of it. Perhaps some stories of others would help soften up the crowd first, before she asked what was likely a serious question, or ventured a story of her own. It too was an interest of hers - the world of spirits, but it was something that wasn't spoken of very often, despite how many charms and spells combated unwelcome influences and honoured the dead.<br/>