The Day of Thunder

It had taken more than a few nudges before Hikaru was trained out of his instinctive reaction to pull away when Satsuki nudged him. Fortunately (?), she nudged him a lot. "I'll remember." He promised, smiling warmly. He almost nudged her back, even. But not quite. Hikaru had already warmed up; now, ...

“I see… Well damn. Disappointing and not at the same time.” She said with a nod. “Seems like lots of visions out there nowadays. Hopefully we can puzzle them all together right.” "Perhaps it's just not in front of me." Hikaru said, entirely straight-faced. Well, perhaps he could joke about it a lit...

Han-Hei turned to Hikaru. “Do they really eat lightning and crap thunder? Shoot light-beams out of their eyes? You seem to know them the best.” "They do not." Hikaru wasn't humorless by any means, but some subjects he was unwilling to joke about. "I would say that in most respects, they are simply ...

Blankly, Hikaru nodded. "I see." He said. He didn't actually see, not really, but that was the proper thing to say.

He cleared his throat. "Did you travel alone to this village? I had the honor of travelling with Lady Makime, in fact."

"Destiny..." Hikaru echoed. Gently, he shook his head; his white lock was not deterred, remaining gently entwined with hers. "That has been very much on my mind lately. I suppose whatever it's nature, we must continue on our paths..." He trailed off, his eyes closing. "Tired." Hikaru's eyes remained...

Hikaru shook his head. "The beauty of the garden is for everyone to share, Akodo-san. Or if it is not, no one told me otherwise."

He bowed. "My name is Doji Hikaru." He would allow Yukara to introduce herself.

Looking down at his flute, held in front of him, Hikaru chuckled softly. "I very much respect Lady Makime. And yet, I cannot help but think, it is nice to be able to spread my cloak over this log for us, and not be told that I should have laid it straighter, or that the placement of this log leaves ...

“The Bat here is right. Nah, you shouldn’t worry… I don’t think we met. Besides, I’m not anybody that you should recognize right now.” Hikaru was a Doji; naturally, he took the correct meaning. He bowed. "Of course, Samurai-san." He said. He would respect her wishes. He turned, bowing again. He did...

Hikaru stared at her a long moment before speak. "I see." He finally said. "I, too, have fought against the spread of corruption. Is it bad in Bat lands?" This garden was weird, and its presence in the small village set off some sort of weird alarm bells in Kenji's head. After all no self-respecting...

Hikaru was also there!

He did stop by the musicians' area, giving Ai a bow of acknowledgement. He did have his flute with him, but perhaps there were musicians enough as it was.

Great Destiny: join giant thread.

“When you are so sure that you’re better than everyone… I guess it’s easy to let the insults you want to ignore roll off you.” She smiled. “I think he might have mentioned you though… Now that I think of it. Lady Doji’s attendant, right? The pretty one who hangs out with the Dragon Kami’s daughter?...

Hikaru frowned. "You mean Shinsei-sensei?" He blinked. "You are familiar with Shinsei, are you not? He is considered to be the wisest man in the Emperor." He cleared his throat. "May I ask what your task was, Ryoshun-san? Is it how you served the Bat?" Hikaru's brow furrowed. This was a strange conv...

“It’s no problem Doji-sama. I am simply one of many hopeless fan girls who ran off to study from the Lord Kakita after his exploits at the Winter Court five years ago became known. You can imagine our disappointment when he married Bayushi’s daughter and we found him to be as charming as a toad… de...

"Indeed. We all have roles here. We just might not know their true nature just yet," Ukyou muses. Hikaru's lips quirked. "I am not sure whether to find that comforting or the opposite. Perhaps a bit of both." He hesitated. "Still, I suppose it is good to know one's destiny." He shot the fox-masked ...

"I see." Hikaru said, just as politely. If he saw anything wrong with her manners, nothing of it showed in his answer or on his face. He took a deep breath. Perhaps he had grown more winded than he thought. "You are a recent arrival, then?" It was only half a question. He frowned suddenly. "You shou...

"Yes." Hikaru said, sighing. The worry lines in his handsome features stood out a little more. At her next statement, Hikaru smiled. "Let us play together and see, then. Although I would be quite surprised if you were." He, too, cast a quick glance around. The forest was not especially equipped for ...

Hikaru had already interrupted himself, however. Breaking the flow... well, while he could get it started again easily enough, it was also a fine time to take a break. He paused a moment, carefully wiping some sweat from his brow, tugging his kimono back into proper place. That done, he turned to fu...

Part of Hikaru had appreciated the discipline; he kept to a fairly rigorous schedule himself, after all. But another part of him ached for some time with Satsuki where he didn't have to think about... so many other things. As Satsuki approached, a gust of wind seemed to tug at Hikaru's hair, sending...

Ukyou wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:32 pm

"Oh yes... Some we may not expect at all," he muses.

Hikaru straightened, frowning. "I... don't quite know how Destiny works. But if they are here, they are supposed to be, right?"

He braced himself to receive a look, one that would tell him 'you already know the answer to this'.