Japanese Blades, First Period, Friday [08/03].

[battlewithstyle]

Back in the dojo this week, with again weirdly no sign of a guest.

Mitsutada looked a little worried about this fact.

"My guest has arrived already, so I do not know where he is at. He did go for a stroll, but... no mind. I am glad Yamabushi did not scare any of you off. I did not expect you all to get sudden ascetic training."

He shrugged, apologetically.

"This week, we are going to be practicing with ootachi. They are longer swords than tachi, with blades some three feet in length on average. My guest is a shrine sword, meaning a sword from a religious shrine. Specifically, the Ishikiri-Tsurugiya Shrine in Osaka, which is known as a place to go for healing. He'd be better able to explain all that, but... I suppose I can try and take questions in his stead?"

He was struggling a bit, this was worrying him a little.

[ooc: OCD up, class ready to go!]

Comments

Re: After the Class

[white_oleander]

Using the swords was interesting and all, but the stories were Astrid's favorite part of this class, so she was feeling a little disappointed as class neared an end with what seemed like a big fat no-show.

Until the zero-hour, anyway. Which meant Astrid wasn't going to leave until she got in at least one question. It's not like she cared if she was late for brooding class; he would just tell Jono she was moping or something, maybe even get extra credit.

Since she didn't have much of an imagination to even start guessing what this one's story was, it was pretty simple.

"Why were you so late?" she asked. "Did you get distracted by something?"

Okay, two questions. But she just found herself really curious and, oddly, almost comprehensibly, a little irritated about it, too.

Re: After the Class

[battlewithstyle]

"I was praying on the beach," Ishikirimaru replied. "I left with plenty of time, or so I thought."

"Ishikirimaru isn't the... fastest sword," Mitsutada added, looking apologetic. "It was my mistake to leave you alone, I am sorry."