<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Maseko</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=283917) and Description (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234223.msg11532337#msg11532337)</div></div><hr/><br/>Though she had been the first to leave the room where her oath of fealty had been recorded, Maseko was not the first to meet at the southeast gate.  She had made no haste in her preparations- in fact, her return to the small collection of rooms shared by the Scorpion visitors in this busy time had been careful and cautious; Maseko had no desire to return the kimono she had been given in a damaged condition, and had taken care not to trip or muddy it.  She changed then, into what she thought of as practical clothes, before calling upon the castle stores to collect salted riceballs, a few strips of salted deer and a small collection of vegetables- rations that would last her at least seven days without difficulty, longer if she needed to go hungry.<br/><br/>From there, she returned to her room to collect her travelling pack and her few personal belongings.  When she approached the southeast gate, she was no longer just a girl who could not wear a kimono, but a powerful woman, drawing the gaze of everyone she passed.  She wore simple clothes in predominantly Scorpion black: a vest in the Mantis style did little to maintain her modesty, and what little it did was done only by the red sash she wore to keep it in place, and where any other samurai might have worn a hakama she instead wore harem pants- lighter pants, also of Mantis style.  She walked through the mud in sandals, her wakizashi tucked in her sash and her scroll case at her hip, but it was her tetsubo- a massive warclub, plated, spiked and hefted over one shoulder- that drew as much attention as her decidedly atypical garb.<br/><br/>She did not shy away from the gaze of others- after all, this was her in a way that silly frippery of a kimono would never have represented, and dishonesty in such things would surely simply be more dross to wear away along the kharmic cycle.  Instead, she walked through the gentle mountain rain confidently, and if the cold air made her feel uncomfortable she did not show it but for the goosebumps visible on her skin.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Again, making assumptions about weather.  I figure April, though, in the mountains around Kyuden Ikoma, rain would not be unexpected.  Sorry about the long wait before posting, but a bit of PMing was in progress there.<br/><br/>Edit: Also, edited due to more PMs</div></div>