[D3: EA] Small Shibas

[Shiba Nozomi]

For a moment, the smaller of the Shiba's mouth drops completely open and hangs ajar. A heartbeat or two later, she collects herself and quickly closes it.

Uncertain what else to say she blurts out,"Oh... Naomi-san... I... I'm so sorry."

Nozomi turns bright pink, visible through her tan and all, and her small hands fly to cover her mouth. "I d-d-didn't... I mean... p-please forgive my outburst..."

Who was she, after all, to judge someone's intended?

[Shiba Naomi]

"It's alright... I know you didn't mean it bad... and..." she sighed, "I would never say you speak untrue, Nozomi-san. You are Shiba, as I am. Of course he'll show a different face to others than he would to me... I never met him before coming here."

She looked rather confused, wondering how different he really was when he wasn't showing her his best.

[Shiba Nozomi]

Trying to be helpful, Nozomi says, "Well... at least he's trying to seem nice. If he's willing to try, that's a good start, right?"

It wasn't much, but it was the most comforting thing she could think of at the moment.

[Shiba Naomi]

"Well, of course he'll try to seem nice to me... but, how do I know that's what he's really like, if he's been as... oafish as you say."

Another sigh. "He really thinks that poorly of me? That I'm a... pauper?"

[Shiba Nozomi]

"Seemed th-that way. It could have b-been a misunderstanding, as you s-say. Then again... Naomi-san... I th-think he's used to b-being inordinately..." She searches for an appropriate word, "C-comfortable."

She taps her bottom lip. "N-never having to do things for h-himself, because th-there's always a servant to d-do it for h-him."

[Shiba Naomi]

"Hm," she nodded a bit. At least she could somewhat understand that situation.

"It's not like I do all the cooking at home. We have servants too... I just learned it when times were a bit hard, and being the woman of the house, I... kinda like doing it..."

[Shiba Nozomi]

"Well, and you're b-both on a ship now... so being able to c-cook means you have the ability to get a taste of h-home more often than those who can't..."

A small gull passes overhead, making a soft cry. Nozomi follows it's flight until it disappears. "Here, th-that's a luxury."

[Shiba Naomi]

"I suppose so," she agreed.
"But... I'm sorry, I've completely taken control of the conversation, Nozomi-san. Do you need a partner to train with?"

[Shiba Nozomi]

"That would be n-nice, if it's not an imposition..."

She quirks a small smile. "I'm n-not very good, just so you kn-know."

[Shiba Naomi]

"I'm not very good with unarmed combat either," she admitted with a smile. "But maybe we'd both benefit from such training."

[Shiba Nozomi]

Nozomi steps an appropriate distance away from her distant cousin, and bows low. "Then let us b-begin our mutual enli-lightenment."

Taking a stance, she carefully watches what Naomi decides to open with.

[Shiba Naomi]

Naomi bowed and assumed her stance.

She decided to try with a grab first, a sensible thing to do really, get a shugenja under control.


(and IC is still wonky, I think... but we don't need to roll for this? ^^ )

[Shiba Nozomi]

((nah, i'm not thinking we need to do anything crazy for rolling))

Nozomi isn't hard to get ahold of, but does her best to resist, regardless. While her shorter stature might have had the possibility of lending her some advantage against larger opponents, Naomi is almost as small as she is.