Emi moved her horse up alongside the Dragon as they rode to the gate, but she decided to let him do the talking.  There wasn't a great deal that needed to be said to the gate guards after all.<br/><br/>Instead, Emi turned her attention to the sharp spikes protruding from the ground.  She had faced oni before on the Wall and they were fearsome creatures.  She leaned closer, peering at the teeth curiously, wondering if she could tell if they were real and if so, from which oni?  After making her survey of the teeth, Emi straightened in her saddle and nodded sternly to the guard, waiting for him to pass them through the gate and onwards.<br/><br/>Once they were underway, Emi dropped back her horse slightly, looking over at the two Scorpions who had been assigned to their group.  One was a bushi and the other seemed to be a courtier.  Emi wasn't sure which counted as the lesser evil;  after a moment, she decided that while she'd normally prefer to talk to a fellow bushi, the Scorpion samurai didn't like the social type.  Instead, she rode closer to the courtier, Akane.<br/><br/>"Do you know Ryoko Owari?" Emi inquired directly.  "Can you tell me about the Festival going on here tonight?"<br/>