1: I belong to the Crane, children of Lady Doji, even if the blood of the Moshi, grazed by Amaterasu's blessing also flows in my veins and so I try to respect the history of both of these illustrious bloodlines.
2: My line goes back to Lady Dojis Husband and so I am striving for excellency in all things , even if I have to overcome my limitations, which I do by not fleeing from them, but by confronting them.
3: I am graced by the touch of the spirits and so I can speak with them and they are listening to me. And so I learned the art of talking with them, even if my temperament and my imbalance of fire made me better suited for the centipede clans school of priestesses.
4: She has the face of a crane, beautifull and marking her hair with the white to honour the first of her line, but on the other hand, so do all Samurai-ko of her line. She wars ornaments of gold on her forehead as a sign of her devotion to Lady Sun and while she wears the blue and white of her line but black and orange highlights also appear on her clothes and on the war fan that she holds at her side outside of court. Sometimes she has a slight twitch of her body if she is agitated and able to suppress it but in such a situation the trembling of her fingers is a sure sign of her loss of control.
5: To serve heaven and also to obtain honour to grow beyond the stigmata that is afflicting me.
6:My Sensei at the school, Moshi Yumi who is also my aunt as the older sister of my father, without whom I would still be a victim to the strong imbalance of fire which I can now mostly channel even if it still haunts me sometimes, and of course there is Dadoji Ioshi the man that I entrust my live to, who moves my heart in my restless dreams with his gentle temperament and beautiful soul. I cherish that he is still fighting at my side and yet I also fear it for him being here is a temptation that troubles me greatly, even or because we share these feelings.
7: My Faith in heaven is my strength as while the Fire in me is to strong, I tempered it with the blessing of the Sun and so gained the ability to use the gift that was given to me fully. My weakness is the shameful imbalance that still persists, and that I am betraying my oaths of marriage.
8:While all of its virtue are of equal importance the one that calls out to me is courtesy the virtue that only a Samurai has for while others can do good deeds, only we know how to do so in the proper manner as this behaviour shows our respect to the heavenly order and so it divides the board from the True Samurai.
9: I am a Loyal servant of my clan, even if I also try to honour the example of my teacher , who where better for me then the school that resides in my clans land, so far there was no situation where these two desires conflicted and I hope that it continues to be so.
10: I am married to Kakita Shigeru-san who is a pleasant enough man, even if he is a bit simple in his interest despite his talent for the arts, He is the one that handles the finances and controll of our estate at this moment as I had been ordered to a mission to the cranes requiring my unusual talent of fire , and now that I am heading back I shall also return to him and little Kyota-chan just in time for her Birthday.
11: The Scorpions proclaim there own importance, but what are they if not the shadows of our skill feed by the fear that they try to invoke in others. And the Lions are such boars despite there stories of honour and Bushido that they tell they lack the needed respect for the gods.
12:The Gods of course, and then my teacher and my parents as I work to satisfy both of them which is easier then with others that might ask for me. Which does not mean that I lack of a respect for these just… that I feel it better with the first ones.
13:The first ray of the sun as her touch reveals the world as seen in a certain vale where I first spoke with the spirits, the shamishen played by Ioshi the first sign that he was more to me then anyone else. And the Feeling of wind soaring around me as I am flying. The fear and exhilaration as the noise of thunder reaches me, shaking my body as I hate it, and then the feeling of control as I beat it back and remain above this affliction of fire. The drool as I wake up after a fight, barely remember the moment as I was a prisoner in my body and feverish dreams of fire.
14: Sometimes I hold my fingers to controlled like my breathing as I fear what happens if I let lose myself in it, and I have a bit of a taste for sweet things and so I tend to have a tendency for them to be there if I am able to make sure that they are added to the meal. And then wlel, they simply start to vanish. I also have a tendency to hold my scroll to close as the touch of Lady Sun has dulled my eyes.
15: Despite the fire in my veins, wrath is not something that tends to control me, it is the need for certain other things that drives me on, even if I am not saying no to these either, wraith behind love, and fear for those that I care for like my little girl.
16: As Shinsen said, "He who loses all pupils is a bad as he who retains all of these that are bad." I have to find the balance but I do not shy away from ordering the 3 cuts should such a need arise. One can not fear this duty towards everyone else as we samurai have this as a duty over the common folk. But I require that at least something of the etiquette is done among samurai.
17:" Gifted, but also too gifted in some regards, luckily my sister was able to help her even if my five was disappointed in how she lacked the traditional temperament of the Aashina so it is just spells that she is presenting instead of fine art. We are Lucky that despite her school and what makes her lose face with her illness we where able to create such a reasonable match for her. "
18:To be publicly recognised for having done my duty and so become an example for others despite my failings, and then after this, to find a way to serve heaven with a shrine.
19: What a question of course I am religious, how could I not be after seeing the blessing of the gods in the valley of the centipede , and day for day to see them around me.
20: I hope among pupils of mine as a old woman, but I fear on the ground in court, after I bit of my own tongue and so letting blood drip on the floor as I am turning blue as the kamis of air stop me from breathing.
Thank yoooou!
Bushi, bodyguard, Player of the Shamishen.
