<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/41/bf/78/41bf78845e6fcfbf2130bf953e22f131.jpg)</div><strong>Gunba Takeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13496842#msg13496842)</strong><br/><strong>Location</strong>: Mountains of Fujishima<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Emiko Oshiri (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=275522.msg13539216#msg13539216)<br/><hr/><br/>Takeda was pleased Emiko accepted the food offer, her smile made him smile behind his mask and her laugh lighted up the mood in the room and his heart. On her question he replied; "Of course I dine with you. The tavern has been many generations on this road so they have got regular customers to feed and house in." Takeda himself thanks briefly the gods, albeit he himself has little trust and faith on them in general but it's custom to thank for the food. Emiko's curiosity on how he eats with the mask or without.....solution is sort genius as he reaches to jaw section of his mask, with click lower half of the mask falls off but leaves most rest to cover his head and face. Revealing a well combed and trimmed beard along with lips and mouth. He starts to eat, but halts as Emiko makes her question. He swallows and replies; "Of course you can ask questions, but I may not answer all of them." As Emiko makes her question, there is sort thoughtful expression on his eyes and lips as he thinks how to reply and he replies to her; "Your question reminds me tale of wolf and lamb. Wolf comes up to lamb and accuses it for crimes what lamb was impossible to do to wolf, as excuse for wolf explain to lamb why wolf has to eat the lamb. The tale explains clearly dynamics of tyranny and how it works wider world; strong make false claims and rights to abuse those below them.<br/><br/>However tyranny does not build nothing lasting order or function, I wield power as it's my right as daimyo but I do not abuse the power over others in unnecessary fashion. I hold power over you, with or without mistreating you, but mistreating you will cause you resent me as you likely resented Ikina since the encounter when he displayed his true boiling emotion of years suppressed rage and anger which he waited inflict upon you once you were his. I do desire your body and crave the moment when I will enjoy it, but same can be said on riding. Horse trained on riding and accept a rider, is more pleasant to ride on than horse which has been forced to accept rider and forced to obey with every direction with violence.<br/><br/>Lastly I feel disheartened if your suffering and hurt, I did gave specific instructions on shinobi not leave single physical bruise or mark on you. Seeing your hurt made me sad, hurt and angry. Overall I am man of cold logic, science and math, but I know for the fact my feelings to you are not rational and cannot explained by logic. So instead defying it, driven mad with longing and trying kill or analyze it, I just express it as I go about it. So despite wrath of your sister and your clan, I defied the logic and just followed my emotions which gave no rest to my mind and hindered me from thinking properly. Call it madness if you will. Some shindo priests could call it faith but I myself do not place much belief into gods influence on mortals and believe more on mortals craving their own lives than by guidance of gods."<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/41/bf/78/41bf78845e6fcfbf2130bf953e22f131.jpg)</div><strong>Gunba Takeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13496842#msg13496842)</strong><br/><strong>Location</strong>: Mountains of Fujishima<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Kogatana (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13503346#msg13503346)<br/><hr/><br/>Takeda listens Kogatana's words, he nods and replies; "It's fine then, if any prisoners you get by chance or circumstance I will buy any which interests me." On the further request he nods and replies; "Indeed, but to make such works we need to have forge build for commission works and to make it true marvel fit for daimyo lord need access to one shrines blessings to able bless it with divine magic to make it everlasting wonder which lasts generations. So this would take most of next year to accomplish given task, assuming we build forge next year early as possible as present year we have another building project going on.<br/><br/>I say to give you said armor would ask new negotiations and would demand something in return of equal value.....perhaps high profile prisoners, able name clan or faction which to destroy for me or even temporal military alliance. We do sign non-aggression treaty anyways and it lasts two years, this and the next year. So we can hold new negotiation when I have your armor finished. However to make armor fit on your size and physique I need take measurements on your body, naked as armor is meant to fit exactly on you alone."