Reiko made her way down to the sake house outside of Tsuma after her ride from the Scorpion clan lands.  Her simple gilded mask cover her lower face as she rode in.  Tying the animal outside she considered how she had ended up here to work for the magistrate. She hadn’t ever actually expected to work for one or end up at the Topaz Championship even if it was just to work nearby rather than to directly participate in the event.<br/><br/>Before this she had fully expected to spend most of her time at the various courts, dealing with other courtiers and providing cover for infiltrators for her clan as a public facing member of the clan. That was when she had received her invitation and got a chance to meet the magistrate. She had been quick to agree to the arrangement. It was an honorable position and would let her further the glory of her clan. At the very least it was bound to be more exciting than handling and managing other less important courtiers and messengers. It had been pretty boring if she was honest and she was looking forward to the chance to do more than encode missives and woo other clans. Not that she didn’t have a bit of fun every ow and then by encouraging fights between the bureaucrats but that was another thing all together<br/><br/>Entering the sake house she looked around looking for either her patron or an open table where she could sit. If she was lucky she would be the first to arrive and would have a few  moments to relax before the others showed up.<br/>