Sobering Up (Day 6 Morning Open)

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"Masunosuke." Replied Kaito with a nod taking a sip of his Kava after a few bites of rice. "A good sized one too would of made a nice addition to the larder."

((aka Chinook Salmon))

[Volsung]

Cook looked sorely disappointed at that. "Aww. Been too long since I've gotten a chance to cook up some salmon. Next time you see something like that, you make sure that they don't toss good fish away for no reason."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

Kaito nodded. "I'll remember to do just that Suapisu-san. Ain't no reason to return such a bounty to the sea after all. I reckin you can only blame their inexperience though."

[Volsung]

"Hai, probably." Cook sighed. "Hopefully they'll learn though. That's what this whole thing was for after all. Well, mostly." She smiled some at that hint.

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"Mostly?" Asked Kaito not quite incapacitated enough to miss the hint. "Ya mean there is a point to this besides learning the craft and learning how not to throttle half your crew mates on sight?"

[Volsung]

Cook seemed delighted to have found someone who hadn't heard. "Oh, no one else is supposed to know this. But Moshi-gunso was here looking for a husband. Well, maybe not looking. Her lord ordered her to do it. All very hush-hush of course. But the Mantis are always looking for ways to increase relations with the Ivory Kingdoms."

She paused. "Of course, with all this happening, who's to say what might be the result. Maybe she'll have to take her husband home."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

It was probably not a good time to be taking a drink of Kava as the liquid almost came out his nose and it was after several moments of coughing and sputtering later that he finally recovered enough to comment. "She's supposed to rope a husband?!" He said a faint note of disbelief in his voice.

"Here I thought she was just spit and vinegar all the time but that may explain a bit about her temper." He said thinking a few moments before he continued "Ya figure she's spotted anyone of interest yet being as we're likely to be leaving any day now? I've always been curious about what kinda man would get a woman like Moshi-gunso all flushed and blushing like a doji maiden."

[Volsung]

Cook shrugged. "I've been stuck on the ship most of our time here. She might have found some attractive man out there. Though I don't think there's anyone that can make her blush like a Doji maiden. But someone she could respect maybe." Cook pauses in thought, scratching her chin. "Well, there was one I saw."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

Kaito was curious now and he straightened a bit as the cook mentioned someone. "Oh? Think you spotted one she liked? Was this recently or a while back?"

[Volsung]

"A while back." Cook looked around conspiratorially before leaning in towards Kaito. "When that gaijin was aboard. He saw Moshi-gunso and she saw him and I swear that I saw a spark there. He was all wrapped up in the sick bay an' Moshi-gunso saw him there while I was seeing to it that he was fed. Koku says he'll be back on board looking for her soon."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

Kaito nodded slightly he'd have to try and keep a watch on that Gaijin maybe if he and Moshi-gunso got hitched he could turn it into an advantage. He had drug the man out of the drink after all that had to count for something. "I'll have ta try and keep an eye on the two of em then. If I see anything kinda weird going on between em I'll be sure to tell you Supaisu-san."

[Volsung]

"Oh, arigato Yoritomo-sama. I am certain your help would be most appreciated. Not a word of this to Moshi-gunso though. If she were to hear this she'd fly into a rage at being found out and who knows what she'd do to you then." Cook shook her head sadly. "The last man who angered her that much was tied to the front of the ship to serve as an offering to Suitengu for three days. Wasn't fun getting food and water to him, let me tell you."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"My lips are sealed Supaisu-san." Replied Kaito with a nod. "Wouldn't want to have to spend 3 days on the bow of the ship after all."

[Volsung]

Supaisu nodded back in all seriousness. "Good. For all I know she might have put me on Crow's Nest duty for the next month."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"That's a terrifying thought Supaisu-san. I don't think I would trust any of these others to be able to cook a proper meal on a ship. To new at it half of em would likely burn the ship down if they tried."

[Volsung]

"The Usagi isn't bad. Though he has some odd ideas about cooking and dressing the food up." Cook shook her head slightly at the ridiculousness of needing to add showmanship to food.

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"Dressing the food?" Kaito asked a look of confusion on his face. "Why would ya want to do that? Not like it's going anywhere special."

[Volsung]

"Oh yeah, he was making it into whales and islands and fish and grand scenes and what not." Supaisu shook her head. "Made no sense to me, but I wasn't about to stop him."

[Yoritomo Kaito]

"Don't make a lick of sense to me either... Though then again half of what these land based samurai do doesn't make a lick of sense to me." He said with a exasperated sigh. "Ya think that's because I spend too much time at sea?"

[Volsung]

Supaisu grinned impishly. "No, not at all. They spend too much time on land."