Legend of the Infinite Realities

[seppun-tashime.livejournal.com]

[ A man of perhaps 35 or 40 years of age comes to on the bank of the duck pond. The morning is awake with the dulcet tones of the cranes, the sweet flutterings of the hummingbirds - ambience the man can only hear because of his sensibility of nature's blessings. He gets to his feet, appeased by the beauty around him, but unsure of where in the vast Empire of Rokugan he comes from the winds of fate have seen fit to deposit him.

He bears vaguely Asian features, and sports a samurai haircut, with his daisho - the two swords emblematic of the samurai class - at his waist. The most notable thing about him, however, is his state of dress. He is adorned with a lavish kimono woven of the finest fabrics to be found anywhere. His kataginu, the jacket worn over his robes, is of a handsome silk dyed in a deep emerald green. On his sleeves and back is a circular symbol: a blooming chrysanthemum flower. Anyone familiar with Rokugani customs will recognize this as the symbol of the Imperial Families, marking the stranger as a samurai of the highest prestige; not some wandering ronin seeking cheap coin. ]

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[seppun-tashime.livejournal.com]

I suppose the biggest question I have right now, is how come everyone is dressed so strangely? I understand that what I wear is foreign to many of you, but it seems as though almost everyone wears different types of clothing. Surely you can't all be from different realms?

[ Without even knowing the truth behind this discrepancy, Tashime has by now resigned himself to the fact that even those who appear to be from Rokugan are not necessarily so. Given this, he scarcely bats a metaphorical eye at the youth's boorish manner of dress. ]

[rhymebell.livejournal.com]

[Well, she looks down at her clothing anyways. Being from a place where people crossdress all the time, she is used to different types of clothing.]

Most of us actually are from different realms. A few people from each realm sometimes come here. But not a lot.

My name is Rhyme, or Raimu is fine too.