[D5, ME] Avoidance (open)

[Shiba Nozomi]

Sure, Nozomi had gone to the Embassy for a bath. She might even do it again tomorrow. But she sure wasn't comfortable staying there overnight, even if it was technically supposed to be a part of Rokugan. Having spent most of the day about the ship, once evening falls, the small Shiba makes a space for herself on the aftdeck. Surrounding her are implements for writing, a wax tablet, and one or two scrolls, which she referrs to thoughtfully.

Pale eyes occasionally glance up with careful consideration to the sky.

[Bayushi Hoshi]

Hoshi joined Nozomi on board of the ship a few moments later for likely a different reason. After all of the ruckus she caused on land, and the impeding sense of doom there, she would be likewise staying on the ship tonight as well. Tonight she was dressed in more of her 'home' clothes rather than her conventional sailor's uniform, in form of a black and crimson hanfu with decorative trims. Spotting the shy Shiba, she greeted her with a quiet bow, not wanting to intrude her thoughts.

[Shiba Nozomi]

Nozomi places her brush between her lips for a moment, as she uses both hands to rearrange the scrolls she's been working on. The soft rustle of fabric causes her to glance up. Uncertain what sort of event the rather pretty Scorpion was dressed up for, Nozomi tucks the brush behind one ear as she bows in her seat.

"If you're expecting to m-meet someone up here, I c-can move B-Bayushi-san..." She herself was wearing the simple Legion uniform, with her hair tied back into a loose foxtail, bangs slightly obscuring her eyes.

Nozomi notes how the black and crimson of the hanfu seem to bring out the soft paleness of the Scorpion's skin, and thinks with some lament about how the Phoenix orange only ever seemed to make her more tan.

[Bayushi Hoshi]

Hoshi lifted a hand to give a small wave at the concern that was brought up. "Iie, Shiba-san. I don't have an appointment of any sort. You can' be intruding on anything that I don't have planned." She said with a cheerful tone as she folded her arms together again.

She let out a small breath as she watched the city's harbours from the comforts, if one could say such a thing, and safety of the Half Moon. "I'm just here to get some fresh air and enjoying the night. -Ah Am I intruding on any work?" Was asked when she glanced Nozomi's papers.

[Shiba Nozomi]

"Iie. Ano... I had j-just thought... I mean, you're d-dressed up so pretty..." She pauses and ends up entirely discarding that whole line of thought. Instead she just moves on.

"I'm j-just practicing the lessons Y-Yoritomo-Captain gave us. And s-some stuff for O-Washi, too." Small hands gesture towards the sky, and haphazardly around her, as well.

"Are you any g-good with n-navigation?" Nozomi peers curiously up at her shipmate from under her thick bangs.

[Bayushi Hoshi]

Hoshi gave a quick glance at her outfit, giving her sleeves a subtle sweep. ...Pretty? In this old thing? I thought it would be out of fashion by now... "-Ah, hai. Thank you..." Hoshi murmured off on the topic.

"Oh, those were good lessons that the Captain shared with us." She said after a moment of catching that she had an assignment for O-Washi potentially. "I do alright when it comes to standard navigation, being at the seas requires more than that though...Is there something I can be of help with? Shiba-san?"

[Shiba Nozomi]

Scrunching up her nose, she pulls the brush from behind her ear and points it at a cluster of stars. "I c-can't remember the name of th-that one... this other w-was the... ano... the C-Celestial River... and that," The brush circles loosely about another grouping, "I th-think that's the... T-Turtle?"

She double checks the scroll in front of her. "Hai... the Turtle. But that f-first one... I just... I wrote it here s-somewhere."

[Bayushi Hoshi]

Hoshi gave a few sound nods when Nozomi mentioned stars, which was something she did have a grasp on. When it came to oceans depths and graphs, that was a new field to her. She narrowed her eyes at the groupings of starts that was on both the tablet and the skies. "...Would Shiba-san mean the Vermilion Bird of the South from what looks like the Well...and that's the Ghost."

[Shiba Nozomi]

"Ver-mil-lion-Bird-of-the-Sou-th," The shugenja says it slowly as she writes each part of the word. "Arigato... that was going to b-bother me someth-thing awful."

Carefully, she blows lightly on the paper to help it to dry out faster. "S-so, it's been an in-interesting last few days, hasn't it, B-Bayushi-san?"

[Bayushi Hoshi]

Hoshi looked to the skies as she noted down the constellation and took a small breath in. "Hai, very much so Shiba-san. I don't know where it begins when you say interesting. I thought it was an achievement to set off to the greater seas, now we're here of all places. The Ivory Kingdoms...Who thought they signed up for this?"

[Shiba Nozomi]

The shugenja shrugs."I'd rather n-not be here. I-I'm not questioning the Captain's o-orders, of course... b-but there's not m-much that I can help wi-with in port other than m-making sure everyone stays in o-one piece."

[Bayushi Hoshi]

"With everything I've heard from our findings there. I don't think any one wants to be here any longer really...I wouldn't assume everyone has been able to keep from being harmed." She sighed, perhaps a personal jab to herself. "You've gone down there already haven't you?"

[Shiba Nozomi]

"Down wh-where?" Ghostly eyes follow Hoshi's gaze, "To the embassy? Y-yes. The bath was d-delightful."

[Bayushi Hoshi]

"Oh, you too Shiba-san? The baths were almost like a slice of Tengoku after so much time as sea. I knew I would see one eventually, not this soon though." She said on a pleasant note before soon growing serious again. "...But have you been down to the city itself?"