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[indent][indent]Upon dropping off Haruhi at the local blacksmith, Takara said her farewells to her friend. There was still preparation for the festival that needed to be done today, so she couldn't stick around for as long as she would've liked.

Grabbing the reins once more, Takara gave Masaru a nudge to head further back into town. Yet just as they began to move, Takara ordered her horse to hold, and listened quietly. The sound of thunderous hooves—lots of them—followed unfamiliar voices equally loud and noisy. Then, the screaming started. Some villagers began to run for shelter, while others shouted out warnings of terror. Of blasphemy. Of weapons of [i]war[/i].

Like all Heiseinans, Takara had heard the stories. She knew them plenty from her father, who had made a point to instill them into her head. Those who committed the highest sin in the valley were exiled, or if they refused to leave, violently ripped apart by Yokai limb from limb. Growing up, it was enough to knock some sense into her as a child, but it had been so long since the last person had been exiled from the village she had no way of knowing whether or not the tales were indeed true. If the stories were as true as the elders said they were...

Grimacing, Takara ordered Masara to pick up some speed, breaking out into a full dash towards their home. She needed to see her father, preferably before any of these supposed "armed men" showed up at the inn.

As she hastily rode through the village, however, Takara was left dismayed at what she saw next. Multiple men in makeshift armor, with crimson banners of a steel fist, stood outside the inn and stable. Each of these men had carried weapons of various sort, from swords and bows to some kind of metal tube-shaped weapon Takara struggled to identify. In the middle of it all, a large, giant man, wielding a terrifying club much taller than Takara, began to loudly voice his thoughts, insulting the place and demanding service like some rowdy guest might've.

The massive club and other weapons had left Takara hesitant to approach. Anyone in their right mind would've steered clear from such fellows, and Takara was no exception. But as the club-wielding man continued to run his mouth, Takara found herself being goaded into approaching the mass of armored men outside her home. She couldn't resist the urge to ride forth, refusing to let the man further spurn the hard work that her parents, especially her mother, had put into the Crane's Roost.


[color=0086d4]"Right here."[/color] Takara announced, putting on a brave face. The men were clearly intimidating, yet she refused to let them see her shiver in fear. [color=0086d4]"And if you wish to be served, you [i]will[/i] keep your unruliness out of [i]my[/i] inn."[/color]

Perhaps not her best choice of words, but her father's temper had long already taken ahold of Takara.[/indent][/indent]
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[sup][right][color=0086d4]Interactions:[/color] [i]Onisawa Shigeru [@Supermaxx][/i][/right][/sup]