<div class="floatright">(http://www.wallpaperup.com/uploads/wallpapers/2016/08/25/1011752/big_thumb_b4c2ef92813c7b92e0a79c69acfd8d8c.jpg)</div><strong>Hisayo Yamashita (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13531034#msg13531034)</strong><br/><strong>Location</strong>: Neutral Territory<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Cervantes Del Mar<br/><br/><br/>She wondered if the man was conscious of how much he conveyed with those words, with the way he stood, the absence of weapons or guard, but the ships of his people standing off shore as a constant reminder of the power his people held, and the futility of cutting one head from a hydra. She was aware that their relative power placed her in a difficult position, but she was not going to disarm now, making them both a spectacle for ridicule as she attempted to match his brazen courage with headstrong foolishness.<br/><br/>Instead she bowed, considering her reply, and the complete lack of his courtesy.<br/>"I am Hisayo Yamashita, general to Lord Takeda Gunba, whose lands these are. I am deeply aware of the honour you do me by meeting me here at my request, and I thank you for it most sincerely. At this time my Lord is engaged with matters elsewhere, and it falls to me to see to the security of our eastern borders. Your people have made their presence known most formidably, and I wish to acknowledge this in a formal fashion by negotiating with you. It is not a failure of my Lord's regard for you that I am here, but it is certainly a measure of my own."<br/><br/>Yamashita hoped that he was not one of those men who would judge a woman on her sex alone, but consider their performance on the field. She had not sought glory in battle, but her position as Clan Gunba's General should surely speak of some of her merits beyond the merely physical delights of her beauty. It had been a long time since she had been a courtesan, and she felt this new career suited her talents much more than her former one had.