The Day of Thunder

[Otomo Akutou]

Well, I c'ld use a drink, Akutou thinks, and he goes to the door, making to enter. Presuming it's openable, he goes in; if it isn't, he'll of course have to talk to somebody.

And it's a good evening for a conversation.

[Canary]

The place... Well, it's less busy brothel and more an earthwork shed facing into the narrow side street. Entering, he finds a tiny genkan, then a raised tatami area with three law tables set up in a horseshoe shape. A variety of bottles are up on the shelves. A couple of people are playing a dice game at one end, and there is a young woman in the center of the tables looking on.

When Akutou enters, she looks surprised and bows. "Ah- good evening! Welcome!" She looks a little nervous, eyeing his weapons. "What can I get for you, samurai-sama?"

[Otomo Akutou]

Akutou makes his way up to the center table where the young woman is, and he taps the brim of his hat as he finds a seat.

"What all've y' got, miss?" he asks, glancing about. "An' what's th' game?"

[Canary]

"Sake, shochu, nongxiang baijiu," she said, then looked toward the dice game. "They're playing Sic Bo. Did you want to buy in?"

[Otomo Akutou]

"Set me up wi' a baiju, miss," Akuotu says, "An' tell me, you been long in town here?"

He casts an eye toward the dice game. It's unfamiliar to him--cho-han had been more popular where he learned how things go--but learning more's always good. Ain't always comfortable, but always good.

"I 'magine th' influx o' folks hasn't been t' ev'rybody's likin'. 'Specially with th' way some've been carryin' on."