Yukimura, you have only today arrived in the City of Ryoko Owari, and find the preparations for the Festival the focus of everyones attention. With nothing constructive likely to be available before tomorrow, or perhaps even the day after, you set out to enjoy the festival. Unfortunately your unfamiliarity with the city has found you away from the main streets, even though you were sure that last turn should have taken you back to one of the main thoroughfairs.<br/><br/>A shout from just ahead draws your attention, and a strange sight greets your gaze. What is obviously a Crab bushi, with one of the city's Thunder Guards in tow is shouting at a pair of warehouse guards. You hear her identify herself as an Emerald Magistrate, which is also unusual enough.<br/><br/>- - - -<br/><br/>Emi, the guards are taken aback by your outburst, but open the door, muttering apologies. Inside, you can see crates scattered about, but little else. Many of the crates are open, or labeled, and you can see some contain party favours, some masks, and more common things such as silks, rice, beans and grains.<br/><br/>The building itself is constructed of study oak beams, and a set of shaky looking stairs lead up  to a second floor.<br/><br/>From behind you comes a shout. "Magistrates! Kill them, or we're all dead." A handfull of scruffy looking men boil up from behind the crates and hurl themselves towards you.<br/><br/>- - - -<br/><br/>Initiative please.<br/><br/>Yukimura, you're close enough to hear this shout. It sounds clearly like an assault on an Imperial servant, and hence an insult to the Law and the Son of Heaven both.