<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/xG9ZTrL.jpg)</div><strong>Tsukiko Sato (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13526622#msg13526622)</strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Krai lands.<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Krai folk (indirectly)<br/><br/>Tsukiko couldn't help but to feel unsure of her daimyo's will, yet it was far from her place to start questioning him now. Besides, he had a point. The Aka ka and Gunba were strong, and co-operating the both of them were stronger still. Possibly stronger than Oshiro. There was a clear divide forming and the Krai folk wished to play nice with all. Yet no matter how neatly they wished to dress it, turning a blind eye to the power of both belligerents of a conflict, it ultimately means siding with the stronger one. Any leeway to Kogatana or Takeda ultimately worked in their favour against Oshiro and subsequently against Hachisu... Or everyone for that matter, especially as much as those west land barbarians were considered.<br/><br/>As the General, Tsuki could however control the damage she did while still sending a message across. She had urged her forces to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and kept telling herself that the Krai wouldn't listen to spoken reason. Cleaning her katana from an unfortunate brave soul that attacked her she looked to the left where one of her men spread a scroll against a tree, conveying a more verbal message:<br/><br/><em>The co-operation of clans Gunba and Aka ka are detrimental to the northern nations and the entirety of Shindo as a whole. If you fraternize with either, you are no friend of clan Hachisu. I am sure you will make the right choice and turn against the real tyranny that is the Aka ka-Gunba pact.<br/><br/>General Sato of Clan Hachisu</em><br/><br/>The reasoning was sound, yet Tsuki still wondered if they could have done more.<br/><br/>A soldier near her kicked down disarmed and kicked down what seemed to be closest the Krai would have for a militia. In his hubris the soldier looked eager to put in a finishing blow, but Tsuki redirected his yari to the side using her katana and looked at the Krai youth. She gazed the latter in the eyes and motioned him to move.<br/><br/>"Run. Spread the word. Aka ka and Gunba will bring a tyranny far more horrible than what you have witnessed here. There is no future for your people if they reign triumphant."<br/><br/>Once the young Krai had left, Tsuki gave a somewhat sympathetic gaze after him, praying that they would heed the warnings. Praying that the Krai's desire for peace and order overcame their lust for vengeance. If it did not, she would unleash all fury on the Krai. And she would not seek to face her Lord before it was resolved.