Upon the coastline of China, three figures stared across the waters, as if to view the happenings that were taking place many miles away.
The tallest of the three, a figure that was easily ten foot tall, covered in a wide, billowing cloak, spoke in a deep, sonorous tone. "SO, MY COLLEAUGES," it asked, "ARE WE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS?" The voice, while deep, didn't suggest weither the speaker was either male or female.
The second being pulled back her hood, allowing her long violet tresses to be tossled by the winds sweeping inland from the ocean, giving brief glimpses of the pointed, smokey-grey ears. "Of course, Lord Spice," she responded, while she reached upward to gather her hair into a high ponytail and secure it with a strip of leather. "The travelers must be tested." She glanced over to the remaining being. "And what of you?"
The being in question gave a smirk from under their hood, the sparkling teeth and glittering eyes the only features visible in the pitch depths.
"PEACE, LADY COLOGNE," Spice soothed, as the young-seeming Matriarch began to bristle. "YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS LIKE." The larger cloaked figure gave a rumbling chuckle as the smirk of the smallest of the group dissolved like the mist in the dawn. "HE WANTS TO HAVE FUN."
The smallest of the group gave a sigh and pulled back their hood, allowing the others to fully see his young face. The immature phoenix Saffron gave his two companions a mirthful chuckle. "Hey," he stated, "when you're young for as long as I am, 'ya gotta have something to keep your attention."
He and his companions shared a hearty laugh.
In another place, two practicioners of Okonomiyaki-Ryu were staring each other down from over their crossed battle spatulas.
"You don't have to do this, Uuchan," the elder of the pair said to their opponent. "Let them go to do what they must."
The younger, obviously a female in full bloom, glared at their sparring mate. "Easy for you to say, Mother," she growled, as she leapt backward and broke the entaglement of their main weapons. "They need me there."
The elder grounded her weapon, then undid the sash around her waist. As the last of the wrap fell from her hips, a set of nine scarlet tails, that were far larger than the sash could possibly cover, fluffed out from behind her. "Then take this," the Kunoji Matriarch responded, pressing the cloth into her daughter's hands. "And be careful."
Ukyou placed the start of the binding against navel, pausing for just a moment to allow her own array of five tails a last chance at freedom for a time, then began to wrap the binding. "Aren't I always?" she asked glibly.
The elder Kunoji reached over and tussled her daughter's hair while said child's hands were occupied. "Almost always, dear," she chided.
"MOM!" the girl groaned as her mother teased her.
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