<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/68/Utaku_Kotone.jpg)</div><strong>Utaku Kotone</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pDiKxEC0U2ndYLtYCctV2CTnKtkmEDs-D6mROL-DpbA/edit)<br/><br/>Petite and sleek, someone seeing Kotone from a distance atop her mare--keiko--might mistake her for a child.  She woudln't have to get much closer, though, before it coudl be noted that the  Unicorn clan warrior was a woman grown.  Though sleek and graceful, there was a thickness to her limbs that spoke of a warrior's power.  Her breasts and hips had the fertile curves of a young woman ripe for marriage.  She wore a daisho tucked through her obi.  Ashigaru armor--carefully fitted to suport her bossom and rest on her hips--served too grant her a warrior's protection.  But--not only was she too tiny to be a good canidate for a bushi school--she also carried an ornately carved and embossed case of<em>ofuda</em>slung across her shoulders.<br/><br/>Upon ariving at the Kyuden Ikoma, Kotone stabled her mare and spent many minutes grooming her and fussing over her with loving coos--a display of emotion most unbecoming to a warrior.<br/><br/>Next, she inquired of their host's servants as to where she might change.<br/><br/>By the time she reached the waiting room, the petite shugenja was clad in her summer winter court kimono.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/UnifiedUnicorn.jpg)</div>The wide obi was especialy flattering to the tiny girl's waist and full bosom, but it forced her to carry her daisho under one arm.  Her ofuda were still slung under one shoulder though the rest of her gear was packed away.<br/><br/>She glanced around at the others who were to be her clan-mates.  For a moment, the girl scowled, seeing how very much these girls were<em>not</em>her otaku sisters.<br/><br/>Then her lower lip trembled as the presence of the other men drove home to her that none of them were her Hibiki.<br/><br/>Squeezing her eyes shut before tears could escape, the girl in the beautiful kimono drew several long, slow meditative breaths.  Then, face composed into a stoic countenence with a quite smile, she regarded them all again.<br/><br/>